Mineralocorticoid receptors in the medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus mediate rats' unconditioned fear behaviour

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 581-588

  McEown, Kristopher ^a   Treit, Dallas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampus; Fear and fear memory; Medial prefrontal cortex; Mineralocorticosteroid receptors

Indexed keywords

MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; OXPRENOATE POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEMORY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SPIRONOLACTONE;

EID: 80555149429     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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