The central nucleus of the amygdala and corticotropin-releasing factor: Insights into contextual fear memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7379-7388

  Pitts, Matthew W ^a   Todorovic, Cedomir ^a   Blank, Thomas ^a   Takahashi, Lorey K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; IBOTENIC ACID; MUSCIMOL;

AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FEAR; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; TRAINING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GABA AGONISTS; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; MEMORY; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 66749138737     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0740-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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