Cannabinoid CB1 receptor mediates fear extinction via habituation-like processes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 6677-6686

  Kamprath, Kornelia ^a   Marsicano, Giovanni ^a,c   Tang, Jianrong ^a,d   Monory, Krisztina ^a,c   Bisogno, Tiziana ^b   Di Marzo, Vincenzo ^b   Lutz, Beat ^a,c   Wotjak, Carsten T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry   (Italy)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Endocannabinoids; Fear conditioning; Memory; Sensitization; Stress

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEAR; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY STIMULATION; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745768020     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0153-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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