NMDA GluN2A and GluN2B receptors play separate roles in the induction of LTP and LTD in the amygdala and in the acquisition and extinction of conditioned fear

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 797-806

  Dalton, Gemma L ^a   Wu, Dong Chuan ^b,c   Wang, Yu Tian ^b   Floresco, Stan B ^a,b   Phillips, Anthony G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Extinction; Fear learning; GluN2A GluN2B; LTD; LTP; NMDA

Indexed keywords

4 BENZYL ALPHA (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) BETA METHYL 1 PIPERIDINEPROPANOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECALL;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84855945036     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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