Actin polymerization in lateral amygdala is essential for fear memory formation

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-88

  Mantzur, Lilach ^a   Joels, Gil ^a   Lamprecht, Raphael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Amygdala; Fear conditioning; Memory

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTINS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CYTOCHALASIN D; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 58549106109     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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