Article
Amygdala kindling-resistant (SLOW) or -prone (FAST) rat strains show differential fear responses.
Behavioral neuroscience - 1 Dec 1998
Mohapel P, McIntyre D C
Abstract excerpt
The authors compared two rat strains, selectively bred for their susceptibility to amygdala kindling, with respect to their performance on various behavioral and learning tasks that are associated with fear and anxiety. The two rat strains differed significantly in measurements of exploration of...
Topics
- Amygdala
- Animals
- Arousal
- Avoidance Learning
- Crosses, Genetic
- Exploratory Behavior
- Fear
- Genotype
- Kindling, Neurologic
- Male
- Maze Learning
- Nerve Net
- Rats
