Fear conditioning enhances spontaneous AMPA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in mouse hippocampal CA1 area

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1559-1564

  Zhou, Ming ^a   Conboy, Lisa ^b   Sandi, Carmen ^b   Joëls, Marian ^a   Krugers, Harm J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AMPA; CA1; Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Memory; MEPSCs

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEAR; FOOTSCHOCK; FOOTSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MINIATURE EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC CURRENT; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ELECTROSHOCK; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350228643     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06951.x     Document Type: Article

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