Stress response recruits the hippocampal endocannabinoid system for the modulation of fear memory

Learning and Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 202-209

  De Oliveira Alvares, Lucas ^a   Engelke, Douglas Senna ^a   Diehl, Felipe ^a   Scheffer Teixeira, Robson ^a   Haubrich, Josué ^a   De Freitas Cassini, Lindsey ^a   Molina, Victor Alejandro ^a,b   Quillfeldt, Jorge Alberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOCANNABINOID;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEAR; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MEMORY; MIFEPRISTONE; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950227873     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1721010     Document Type: Article

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