Developing and validating trace fear conditioning protocols in C57BL/6 mice

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 222, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-117

  Burman, Michael A ^a   Simmons, Cassandra A ^a   Hughes, Miles ^a   Lei, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Behavior; Conditioning; Fear; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEAR CONDITIONING; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS;

ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; FEAR; MOUSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888780390     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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