Adult-onset hypothyroidism enhances fear memory and upregulates mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors in the amygdala

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Montero Pedrazuela, Ana ^a   Fernández Lamo, Iván ^a   Alieva, María ^a   Pereda Pérez, Inmaculada ^b   Venero, César ^b   Guadaño Ferraz, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA1; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; EMOTION; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; THYROIDECTOMY; ADULT; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEAR; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEMORY; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID;

EID: 80055041802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026582     Document Type: Article

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