Brief Communication Body Temperature as a Conditional Response Measure for Pavlovian Fear Conditioning
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Body Temperature as a Conditional Response Measure for Pavlovian Fear Conditioning Bill P. Godsil, Jennifer J. Quinn, and Michael S. Fanselow Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095–1563, USA; Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095–1761, USA; Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095–1761, USA
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