Induction of c-Fos expression in the mammillary bodies, anterior thalamus and dorsal hippocampus after fear conditioning

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 172-177

  Conejo, Nélida M ^a   González Pardo, Héctor ^a   López, Matías ^a   Cantora, Raúl ^a   Arias, Jorge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamus; c Fos immunocytochemistry; Dorsal hippocampus; Fear conditioning; Mammillary bodies; Rat

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DENSITY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; THALAMUS;

EID: 34547523317     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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