Administration of a Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII) Inhibitor Prevents the Learning Deficit Observed in Spinal Rats After Noncontingent Shock Administration

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 570-578

  Baumbauer, Kyle M ^a   Young, Erin E ^a   Hoy Jr , Kevin C ^a   Abood, Athena ^b   Joynes, Robin L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CaMKII; instrumental learning; plasticity; simple systems; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II INHIBITOR; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SHOCK; SPINAL ANIMAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; ENZYME INHIBITORS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; RATS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548824121     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.121.3.570     Document Type: Article

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