Relaxin receptor activation in the basolateral amygdala impairs memory consolidation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2117-2122

  Ma, Sherie ^a   Roozendaal, Benno ^b   Burazin, Tanya C D ^a   Tregear, Geoffrey W ^a   McGaugh, James L ^b   Gundlach, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Inhibitory avoidance; LGR7; Neurohormone; Rat

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RELAXIN; RELAXIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BINDING SITES; COMPREHENSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RELAXIN; SULFUR ISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644578878     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04374.x     Document Type: Article

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