Postweaning, forebrain-specific perturbation of the oxytocin system impairs fear conditioning

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 710-719

  Pagani, J H ^a   Lee, H J ^b   Young, W S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central amygdala; Conditional knockout; Oxytocin receptor; Vasopressin 1a receptor

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOREBRAIN; FREEZING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); WEANING;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 80053653794     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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