Prefrontal tetanic stimulation, following fear reconditioning, facilitates expression of previously acquired extinction

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-68

  Nachon, Ophélie ^a,b   Cleren, Carine ^c   Husson, Sébastien ^d   Huguet, Célia ^d   Auclair, Julie ^d   Faure, Sylvane ^b   Akirav, Irit ^e   Moreau, Jean Luc ^f   Garcia, René ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conditioned freezing; Fear extinction; Fear re acquisition; Prefrontal electrical stimulation; Rats

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EXPOSURE; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HABITUATION; LATENT PERIOD; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL TETANIC STIMULATION; RAT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; ANIMAL; CATALEPSY; CONDITIONING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84902072608     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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