The effects of muscimol and AMN082 injections into the medial prefrontal cortex on the expression and extinction of conditioned fear in mice

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1394-1398

  Morawska, Marta M ^a,b   Fendt, Markus ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMN082; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Freezing; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; mGluR7; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; MUSCIMOL; N,N' DIBENZHYDRYLETHANE 1,2 DIAMINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE; N,N'-DIBENZHYDRYLETHANE-1,2-DIAMINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; FREEZING; INJECTION; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FREEZING; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCIMOL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84860204280     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068213     Document Type: Article

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