Retrieval of conditioned fear activates the basolateral and intercalated nucleus of amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 773-790

  Izumi, Takeshi ^a   Boku, Shuken ^a   Shinmin, Weng ^b   Inoue, Takeshi ^a   Konno, Kotaro ^a   Yamaguchi, Taku ^a   Yoshida, Takayuki ^a   Matsumoto, Machiko ^c   Watanabe, Masahiko ^a   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a   Yoshioka, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; C Fos; CREB; Fear; Intercalated nucleus (ITC)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTEIN C FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEAR; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79952500503     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22592     Document Type: Article

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