The role of NCAM in auditory fear conditioning and its modulation by stress: A focus on the amygdala

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-364

  Bisaz, R ^a   Sandi, C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Auditory fear conditioning; Chronic stress; Mice; NCAM; PSA NCAM

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOWN-REGULATION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77952970383     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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