Identification of neurons specifically activated after recall of context fear conditioning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-147

  Ali, Ata E A ^a   Wilson, Yvette M ^a   Murphy, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of stria terminalis; Context fear conditioning; FTL; Hypothalamus; Memory; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOMEDIAL BED NUCLEUS OF STRIA TERMINALIS; ANTERIOR COMMISSURAL NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FTL GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECALL; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEAR; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 84865294595     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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