The role of prefrontal cortex CB1 receptors in the modulation of fear memory

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-175

  Lin, Hui Ching ^a   Mao, Sheng Chun ^a   Su, Chun Lin ^a   Gean, Po Wu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CB1 receptor; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Learning and memory; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CYCLOHEXYLCARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; DEXANABINOL; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE INHIBITOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N (4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ARACHIDONAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING STIMULUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEAR; INFRALIMBIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1;

EID: 57749177951     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn075     Document Type: Article

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