Reversible plasticity of fear memory-encoding amygdala synaptic circuits even after fear memory consolidation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Hong, Ingie ^a   Kim, Jihye ^a   Lee, Junuk ^a   Park, Sungmo ^a   Song, Beomjong ^a   Kim, Jeongyeon ^a   An, Bobae ^a   Park, Kyungjoon ^a   Lee, Hyun Woo ^b   Lee, Seungbok ^a   Kim, Hyun ^b   Park, Sang Hyun ^a   Eom, Khee Dong ^c   Lee, Sukwon ^a   Choi, Sukwoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE TRACT; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

RATTUS;

3,5 DIHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE; 3,5-DIHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; RESORCINOL DERIVATIVE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GLYCINE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESORCINOLS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 80052885394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024260     Document Type: Article

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