D-serine enhances extinction of auditory cued fear conditioning via ERK1/2 phosphorylation in mice

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 895-902

  Matsuda, Shingo ^a   Matsuzawa, Daisuke ^a   Nakazawa, Ken ^a   Sutoh, Chihiro ^a   Ohtsuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Ishii, Daisuke ^a   Tomizawa, Haruna ^a   Iyo, Masaomi ^a   Shimizu, Eiji ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

D serine; ERK; Fear extinction; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA [AMINO [(4 AMINOPHENYL)THIO]METHYLENE] 2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)BENZENEACETONITRILE; DEXTRO SERINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SERINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REINFORCEMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEAR; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SERINE;

EID: 78049428115     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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