The neuronal PAS domain protein 4 (Npas4) is required for new and reactivated fear memories

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Ploski, Jonathan E ^a   Monsey, Melissa S ^b   Nguyen, Tam ^b   DiLeone, Ralph J ^c   Schafe, Glenn E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL PAS DOMAIN PROTEIN 4; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NPAS4 PROTEIN, RAT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 80051922481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023760     Document Type: Article

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