Systemic mifepristone blocks reconsolidation of cue-conditioned fear; Propranolol prevents this effect

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 632-638

  Pitman, Roger K ^a   Milad, Mohammed R ^a   Igoe, Sarah A ^a   Vangel, Mark G ^b   Orr, Scott P ^a   Tsareva, Alina ^a   Gamache, Karine ^c   Nader, Karim ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classical; Conditioning; Fear; Memory; Mifepristone; Propranolol (all MeSH terms)

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; PROPANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MIFEPRISTONE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960955704     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024364     Document Type: Article

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