Augmentation of the noradrenergic system in alpha-2 adrenergic receptor deficient mice: Anatomical changes associated with enhanced fear memory

Brain Research

Volumn 986, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 157-165

  Davies, M Frances ^a,c,e   Tsui, Janet Y ^b,c   Flannery, Judy A ^b,c   Li, Xiangqi ^a,c   DeLorey, Timothy M ^d   Hoffman, Brian B ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MOLECULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual memory; Discrete cue memory; Locus coeruleus; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Tyrosine hydroxylase; 2A Adrenoceptor subtype knockout mice

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEAR MEMORY; GENE DELETION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0142074869     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03248-7     Document Type: Article

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