Specific induction of early growth response gene 1 in the lateral nucleus of the amygdala following contextual fear conditioning in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 693-702

  Malkani, S ^a   Rosen, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Conditioning; EGR 1; Fear; Immediate early genes; Lateral amygdaloid nucleus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034127650     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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