CGRP antagonist infused into the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis impairs the acquisition and expression of context but not discretely cued fear

Learning and Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 730-739

  Sink, Kelly S ^a   Davis, Michael ^a   Walker, David L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE[8-37]; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; LEARNING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRIA TERMINALIS; TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; FEAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RECEPTORS, CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 84891350158     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.032482.113     Document Type: Article

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