Effect of dorsal and ventral hippocampal lesions on contextual fear conditioning and unconditioned defensive behavior induced by electrical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal gray

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ballesteros, Carolina Irurita ^a   De Oliveira Galvão, Bruno ^a   Maisonette, Silvia ^a   Landeira Fernandez, J ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONDITIONING; CONTEXTUAL FEAR CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPAL LESION; DORSAL PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAT; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPAL LESION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS;

EID: 84896767628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083342     Document Type: Article

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