β-catenin is required for memory consolidation

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1319-1326

  Maguschak, Kimberly A ^a   Ressler, Kerry J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEAR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; LOXP SITE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SYNAPSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN; CADHERINS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54949084186     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2198     Document Type: Article

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