Long-term memory of visually cued fear conditioning: Roles of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase gene and cyclic AMP response element-binding protein

Neuroscience

Volumn 174, Issue , 2011, Pages 91-103

  Kelley, J B ^a   Anderson, K L ^a   Altmann, S L ^a   Itzhak, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Corticosterone; Fear conditioning; Memory; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOTSHOCK; FREEZING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CITRULLINE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEAR; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; THIOUREA;

EID: 78650956136     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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