The effects of acute nicotine on contextual safety discrimination

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1064-1070

  Kutlu, Munir G ^a   Oliver, Chicora ^a   Gould, Thomas J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; anxiety; conditioned stimuli; contextual discrimination; danger; fear conditioning; memories; mouse study; nicotine; post traumatic stress disorder; safety learning

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONTEXTUAL SAFETY DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REINFORCEMENT; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECTS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; MALE; MICE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS;

EID: 84910092431     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881114552743     Document Type: Article

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