Inactivation of the prelimbic cortex enhances freezing induced by trimethylthiazoline, a component of fox feces

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 320-323

  Fitzpatrick, Christopher J ^a   Knox, Dayan ^a   Liberzon, Israel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Lesion; MPFC; Predator odor; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIAZOLES;

EID: 79954632588     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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