Role of the somatostatin system in contextual fear memory and hippocampal synaptic plasticity

Learning and Memory

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 252-260

  Kluge, Christian ^a,b   Stoppel, Christian ^b   Szinyei, Csaba ^a   Stork, Oliver ^b   Pape, Hans Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTAMINE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; CYSTEAMINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; POSTURE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 42149154487     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.793008     Document Type: Article

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