Temporal dynamics of Arc gene induction in hippocampus: Relationship to context memory formation

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-320

  Pevzner, Aleksandr ^a   Miyashita, Teiko ^a   Schiffman, Aaron J ^a   Guzowski, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc; Context memory; Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Immediate early gene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARC GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FREEZING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859162271     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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