The influence of serotonin on fear learning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Hindi Attar, Catherine ^a   Finckh, Barbara ^a   Büchel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DIET RESTRICTION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN MAPPING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84864564528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042397     Document Type: Article

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