Glucocorticoid receptors in the basolateral nucleus of amygdala are required for postreactivation reconsolidation of auditory fear memory

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3702-3712

  Jin, Xin Chun ^a   Lu, Yu Fei ^a   Yang, Xiao Fei ^a   Ma, Lan ^a   Li, Bao Ming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amnesia; BLA; Rat; Reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEAR MEMORY; AUDITORY MEMORY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEAR; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MEMORY; MIFEPRISTONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347399618     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05621.x     Document Type: Article

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