Sex differences in fear discrimination do not manifest as differences in conditioned inhibition

Learning and Memory

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 49-53

  Foilb, Allison R ^a   Bals, Julia ^a   Sarlitto, Mary C ^a   Christianson, John P ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; CATALEPSY; CONDITIONING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85040711819     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.045500.117     Document Type: Article

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