Gastrin-releasing peptide signaling plays a limited and subtle role in amygdala physiology and aversive memory

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chaperon, Frederique ^a   Fendt, Markus ^a   Kelly, Peter H ^a   Lingenhoehl, Kurt ^a   Mosbacher, Johannes ^a,b   Olpe, Hans Rudolf ^a   Schmid, Peter ^a   Sturchler, Christine ^a   McAllister, Kevin H ^a   van der Putten, P Herman ^a   Gee, Christine E ^a,c  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; BOMBESIN (6 14), PHE(6) LEU(NHET)(13) DESMET(14); BOMBESIN (6-14), PHE(6)-LEU(NHET)(13)-DESMET(14)-; BOMBESIN RECEPTOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOLATERAL AMYGDALA; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEOPHOBIA; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASTE AVERSION; THALAMO LATERAL AMYGDALA; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BOMBESIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, BOMBESIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84859589173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034963     Document Type: Article

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