Fear memory and the amygdala: Insights from a molecular perspective

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 310, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-277

  Stork, Oliver ^a   Pape, Hans Christian ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Knock out; Mouse; Neural plasticity; Pavlovian fear conditioning; Theta oscillation

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AVERSION; BRAIN REGION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; FEAR; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEAR; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036456026     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-002-0656-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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