Memory retrieval after contextual fear conditioning induces c-Fos and JunB expression in CA1 hippocampus

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-10

  Strekalova, T ^a   Zorner B ^a   Zacher, C ^a   Sadovska, G ^a   Herdegen, T ^b   Gass, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Ctrl Institute of Mental Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

Context conditioning; Fos; Hippocampus; Immediate early genes; Jun; Memory retrieval; Mice

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; GENES, JUN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0038174616     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-183X.2003.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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