Epigenetic alterations in the lateral amygdala are required for reconsolidation of a Pavlovian fear memory

Learning and Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 579-593

  Maddox, Stephanie A ^a   Schafe, Glenn E ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEAR; HISTONE ACETYLATION; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLATION; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052167615     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.2243411     Document Type: Article

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