Light enhances learned fear

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 13788-13793

  Warthen, Daniel M ^a   Wiltgen, Brian J ^a   Provencio, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Pavlovian; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; FEAR; LEARNING; LIGHT; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; FEAR; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

MUS;

EID: 80052020968     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103214108     Document Type: Article

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