Lmo4 in the basolateral complex of the amygdala modulates fear learning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Maiya, Rajani ^a   Kharazia, Viktor ^a   Lasek, Amy W ^a   Heberlein, Ulrike ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; LIM PROTEIN; LMO4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASOLATERAL COMPLEX OF THE AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOWN REGULATION; FEAR; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; LMO4 GENE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

MUS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEAR; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; LIM DOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84859251467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034559     Document Type: Article

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