Regulation of synaptic plasticity genes during consolidation of fear conditioning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 7892-7902

  Ressler, Kerry J ^a   Paschall, Gayla ^a   Zhou, Xiao Liu ^a   Davis, Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Consolidation; Fear conditioning; Learning; Startle; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GEPHYRIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROGRANIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CODE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAMMAL; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0037107121     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-18-07892.2002     Document Type: Article

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