Molecular mechanisms in hippocampus and basolateral amygdala but not in parietal or cingulate cortex are involved in extinction of one-trial avoidance learning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-291

  Myskiw, Jociane C ^a,b   Fiorenza, Natalia G ^a,b   Izquierdo, Luciana A ^a,b   Izquierdo, Ivan ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Fellow of the National Research Council   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cingulate cortex; Extinction; Hippocampus; Parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; N [2 [[N [3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 PROPENYL] N METHYLAMINO]METHYL]PHENYL] N (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 4 METHOXYBENZENESULFONAMIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77955567101     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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