Interleukin 1 beta enhances conditioned fear memory in rats: Possible involvement of glucocorticoids

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1739-1743

  Song, Cai ^a   Phillips, Anthony G ^a   Leonard, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; IL 10; Mifepristone (RU486); Passive avoidance; PGE2

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MIFEPRISTONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEAR; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOSTERONE; DINOPROSTONE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242456112     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02886.x     Document Type: Article

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