Pavlovian fear memory induced by activation in the anterior cingulate cortex

• Main Authors: Calejesan Amelita A (Author), Qiu Chang-Shen (Author), Ding Hoi-Ki (Author), Ko Shanelle (Author), Tang Jianrong (Author), Zhuo Min (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2005-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Identifying higher brain central region(s) that are responsible for the unpleasantness of pain is the focus of many recent studies. Here we show that direct stimulation of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in mice produced fear-like freezing responses and induc...