Long-term stability of fear memory depends on the synthesis of protein but not mRNA in the amygdala

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1853-1859

  Parsons, Ryan G ^a   Gafford, Georgette M ^a   Baruch, David E ^a   Riedner, Brady A ^a   Helmstetter, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisomycin; Fear conditioning; Local protein synthesis; Rat; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; RECALL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANISOMYCIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DACTINOMYCIN; DICHLORORIBOFURANOSYLBENZIMIDAZOLE; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645451289     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04723.x     Document Type: Article

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