Role of the basolateral amygdala and NMDA receptors in higher-order conditioned fear

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-333

  Parkes, Shauna L ^a   Westbrook, R Frederick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

extinction; rat; second order conditioning; sensory preconditioning

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONDITIONING; DANGER, RISK, SAFETY AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 80051934914     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/RNS.2011.025     Document Type: Review

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