Prefrontal cortical GABA transmission modulates discrimination and latent inhibition of conditioned fear: Relevance for schizophrenia

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2473-2484

  Piantadosi, Patrick T ^a   Floresco, Stan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LATENT INHIBITION; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84906324452     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2014.99     Document Type: Article

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