Circuitry for associative plasticity in the amygdala involves endocannabinoid signaling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 44, 2004, Pages 9953-9961

  Azad, Shahnaz C ^a,b   Monory, Krisztina ^a   Marsicano, Giovanni ^a   Cravatt, Benjamin F ^c   Lutz, Beat ^a   Zieglgänsberger, Walter ^a   Rammes, Gerhard ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anandamide; Endocannabinoids; Long term depression; mGluR; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; RIMONABANT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; INTERNEURON; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 7744233610     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2134-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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