Alterations in hippocampal GAP-43 phosphorylation and protein level following contextual fear conditioning

Brain Research

Volumn 860, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 95-103

  Young, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Owen, Elizabeth H ^a,d   Meiri, Karina F ^b   Wehner, Jeanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C57BL 6; Complex learning; Contextual conditioning; DBA 2; GAP 43; Hippocampus; Inbred strain; Memory

Indexed keywords

NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CROSSES, GENETIC; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; GAP-43 PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 0034737534     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02021-7     Document Type: Article

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