Low-frequency stimulation of the ventral hippocampus facilitates extinction of contextual fear

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-45

  Cleren, Carine ^a,b   Tallarida, Isabelle ^c   Guiniec, Emilie Le ^c   Janin, François ^b   Nachon, Ophélie ^a   Canini, Frédéric ^d   Spennato, Guillaume ^c   Moreau, Jean Luc ^e   Garcia, René ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armees   (France)

^e F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extinction failure; Hippocampal stimulation; Rats; Situational reminders; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873865340     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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