Cannabinoid transmission in the basolateral amygdala modulates fear memory formation via functional inputs to the prelimbic cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5300-5312

  Tan, Huibing ^a   Lauzon, Nicole M ^a   Bishop, Stephanie F ^a   Chi, Ning ^a   Bechard, Melanie ^a   Laviolette, Steven R ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY MEMORY; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BENZOXAZINES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CANNABINOIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PIPERIDINES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SMELL;

EID: 79955768661     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4718-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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