Generalization of amygdala LTP and conditioned fear in the absence of presynaptic inhibition

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1028-1035

  Shaban, Hamdy ^a   Humeau, Yann ^a,b   Herry, Cyril ^a   Cassasus, Guillaume ^a   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^c,d   Ciocchi, Stephane ^a   Barbieri, Samuel ^e   Van Der Putten, Herman ^f   Kaupmann, Klemens ^f   Bettler, Bernhard ^e   Lüthi, Andreas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B1A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B2 RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEAR; HOMOSYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33747610450     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1732     Document Type: Article

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