Activation of α2 Adrenergic Receptors Suppresses Fear Conditioning: Expression of c-Fos and Phosphorylated CREB in Mouse Amygdala

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-239

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

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOLECULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

2A adrenoceptor subtype knockout mice; c Fos; Chronic administration; Contextual memory; Discrete cue memory; P CREB; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEDATION; TRAINING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0842329704     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300324     Document Type: Article

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