Extinction of cued fear memory involves a distinct form of depotentiation at cortical input synapses onto the lateral amygdala

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2089-2099

  Hong, Ingie ^a   Song, Beomjong ^a   Lee, Sukwon ^a   Kim, Jihye ^a   Kim, Jeongyeon ^a   Choi, Sukwoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortico amygdala pathway; Depotentiation; Fear extinction; NMDA receptor; Rat

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEAR MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMINO ACIDS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; XANTHENES;

EID: 71249097446     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07004.x     Document Type: Article

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