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The International Journal on the Biology of Stress
Volume 15, 2012 - Issue 6
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Stress-enhanced fear learning in rats is resistant to the effects of immediate massed extinction

Virginia A. LongCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michael S. FanselowDepartment of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA
Pages 627-636 | Received 02 Jun 2011, Accepted 13 Dec 2011, Published online: 24 Jan 2012

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