Two time periods of hippocampal mRNA synthesis are required for memory consolidation of fear-motivated learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 6781-6789

  Igaz, Lionel Muller ^a   Vianna, Monica R M ^b   Medina, Jorge H ^a   Izquierdo, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contextual fear; Gene expression; Hippocampus; Long term memory; Rat; Transcriptional inhibitors

Indexed keywords

5,6 DICHLOROBENZIMIDAZOLE RIBOSIDE; ALPHA AMANITIN; ANISOMYCIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA SYNTHESIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 0036704011     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-15-06781.2002     Document Type: Article

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