Differential expression of EGR-1 mRNA in the amygdala following diazepam in contextual fear conditioning

Brain Research

Volumn 860, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 53-63

  Malkani, Seema ^a   Rosen, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Central amygdala; Diazepam; EGR 1; Fear conditioning; GABA; Lateral amygdala

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; MESSENGER RNA;

AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DIAZEPAM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034737771     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)01976-4     Document Type: Article

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