Voluntary wheel running enhances contextual but not trace fear conditioning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Kohman, Rachel A ^a   Clark, Peter J ^a   DeYoung, Erin K ^a   Bhattacharya, Tushar K ^a   Venghaus, Christine E ^a   Rhodes, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Hippocampus; Learning; Neurogenesis; Retention interval

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTEXTUAL FEAR CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACE FEAR CONDITIONING; WHEEL RUNNING;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 80052862456     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.08.031     Document Type: Article

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