Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and tyrosine kinase receptor B involvement in amygdala-dependent fear conditioning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4796-4806

  Rattiner, Lisa M ^a   Davis, Michael ^a   French, Christopher T ^a   Ressler, Kerry J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; BDNF; Fear conditioning; FGF; Lentivirus; Neurotrophins; NGF; NT4 5; TrkB

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; K 252A; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; STIMULUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARBAZOLES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC VECTORS; LEARNING; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 2442655323     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5654-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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