The prelimbic cortex is critical for context-dependent fear expression

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Eun Joo ^a   Kim, Namsoo ^a   Kim, Hyun Taek ^a   Choi, June Seek ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Context; Fear discrimination; Hippocampus; Prelimibic cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTEXT DEPENDENT FEAR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMBIC CORTEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; RAT; SENSORY GATING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84878772998     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00073     Document Type: Article

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