Translocation and activation of Rac in the hippocampus during associative contextual fear learning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-113

  Martinez, Luis A ^a   Klann, Eric ^a   Tejada Simon, Maria V ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Context fear; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; MK 801; Small GTPases

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RAC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DRUG ACTIVATION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34249720094     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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