Basolateral amygdala inactivation impairs learned (but not innate) fear response in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-440

  Ribeiro, A M ^a   Barbosa, F F ^a   Munguba, H ^a   Costa, M S M O ^a   Cavalcante, J S ^a   Silva, R H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aversive memory; Basolateral amygdala; Innate fear; Rats

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955476778     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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