Trace fear conditioning in mice

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 85, 2014, Pages

  Lugo, Joaquin N ^a   Smith, Gregory D ^a   Holley, Andrew J ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala dependent learning; Behavior; Conditioned and unconditioned stimulus; Fear conditioning; Issue 85; Learning; Memory; Neutral stimulus; Trace conditioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940297728     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51180     Document Type: Article

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