The context preexposure facilitation effect in mice: A dose-response analysis of pretraining scopolamine administration

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 290-296

  Brown, Kevin L ^a   Kennard, John A ^a   Sherer, Daniel J ^a   Comalli, David M ^a   Woodruff Pak, Diana S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; CPFE; Fear; Mouse; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTEXT PREEXPOSURE FACILITATION EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEAR; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; N-METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 80051603049     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.07.044     Document Type: Article

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