Reactivation of an aversive memory modulates learning strategy preference in male rats

Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-86

  Hawley, Wayne R ^a   Grissom, Elin M ^a   Patel, Jessica M ^b   Hodges, Kelly S ^b   Dohanich, Gary P ^a,b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Aversive memory; Footshock; Learning strategy; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ELECTROSHOCK; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEOSTRIATUM; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870795728     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2012.683466     Document Type: Article

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