Glucocorticoids interact with the basolateral amygdala β-adrenoceptor-cAMP/PKA system in influencing memory consolidation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 553-560

  Roozendaal, Benno ^a   Quirarte, Gina L ^a,b   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

adrenoceptor; Corticosterone; Inhibitory avoidance; Memory storage; Norepinephrine; Protein kinase A

Indexed keywords

11BETA,17BETA DIHYDROXY 6 METHYL 17ALPHA (1 PROPYNYL)ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIEN 3 ONE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLENBUTEROL; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; PRAZOSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRAINING;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; MEMORY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036458043     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01876.x     Document Type: Article

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