Medial amygdala lesions selectively block aversive pavlovian-instrumental transfer in rats

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages

  McCue, Margaret G ^a   LeDoux, Joseph E ^a,b   Cain, Christopher K ^a,c  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Avoidance; Freezing; Instrumental; Medial; Pavlovian; Transfer; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ACTIVE AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVERSIVE PAVLOVIAN INSTRUMENTAL TRANSFER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTSHOCK; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TRAINING;

EID: 84907292846     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00329     Document Type: Article

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