Mitogen-activated protein kinase in the amygdala plays a critical role in lithium chloride-induced taste aversion learning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-139

  Kwon, Bumsup ^a   Houpt, Thomas A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nucleus of the amygdala; Conditioned taste aversion; Lithium chloride; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Nucleus of the solitary tract; SL327

Indexed keywords

ALPHA [AMINO(4 AMINOPHENYLTHIO)METHYLENE] 2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYLACETONITRILE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HEMISPHERE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TASTE AVERSION;

AMINOACETONITRILE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TASTE;

EID: 84155188884     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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