Enhanced Hippocampal Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Gene Expression Associated with Memory Consolidation and Memory Storage in Rats

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-203

  Lee, Eminy H Y ^a   Huang, A Min ^b   Tsuei, Kee S ^a   Lee, Wan Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cortex; Corticotropin releasing factor; Gene expression; Hippocampus; Memory; One way inhibitory avoidance learning

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ELECTROSHOCK; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030330146     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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