Exposure to predator odor influences the relative use of multiple memory systems: Role of basolateral amygdala

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-61

  Leong, Kah Chung ^a   Packard, Mark G ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Learning; Memory; Predator odor; Stress; TMT

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DISTILLED WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLTHIAZOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DUAL SOLUTION WATER PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPOSURE; FECES; FOX; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDATOR STRESS; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; LEARNING; MEMORY; PREDATOR ODOR; STRESS; TMT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891097361     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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