Potent attenuation of context fear by extinction training contiguous with acquisition

Learning and Memory

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-38

  Bernier, Brian E ^a   Lacagnina, Anthony F ^a   Drew, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTEXTUAL FEAR CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; FREEZING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRAINING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CATALEPSY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919343304     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.036673.114     Document Type: Article

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