NMDA Receptors and L-Type Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels Contribute to Long-Term Potentiation and Different Components of Fear Memory Formation in the Lateral Amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 5239-5249

  Bauer, Elizabeth P ^a   Schafe, Glenn E ^a   LeDoux, Joseph E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; APV; Fear conditioning; Ifenprodil; LTP; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VERAPAMIL; IFENPRODIL; NR2B NMDA RECEPTOR; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FEAR; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFUSION; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THALAMUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; KINETICS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0037096258     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-12-05239.2002     Document Type: Article

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