Mapping neuronal activation and the influence of adrenergic signaling during contextual memory retrieval

Learning and Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-247

  Zhang, Wei Ping ^a,c   Guzowski, John F ^b   Thomas, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGING; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ELECTROSHOCK; EPINEPHRINE; FEAR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 21844472488     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.90005     Document Type: Article

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