The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in innate fear regulation in infants, juveniles, and adolescents

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4991-4999

  Chan, Thomas ^a,b   Kyere, Kwaku ^a,b   Davis, Brian R ^a,b   Shemyakin, Alexei ^a,b   Kabitzke, Patricia A ^a,b   Shair, Harry N ^a,b   Barr, Gordon A ^a,b,c   Wiedenmayer, Christoph P ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; PROTEIN FOS;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; INNATE FEAR; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATS; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 79955719622     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5216-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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