Pharmacological enhancement of calcium-activated potassium channel function reduces the effects of repeated stress on fear memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-43

  Atchley, Derek ^a,b   Hankosky, Emily R ^a,c   Gasparotto, Kaylyn ^a,d   Rosenkranz, J Amiel ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

1 EBIO; Amygdala dependent behavior; Calcium activated potassium channel; Fear conditioning; Stress

Indexed keywords

1 ETHYL 2 BENZIMIDAZOLINONE; N CYCLOHEXYL N [2 (3,5 DIMETHYLPYRAZOL 1 YL) 6 METHYL 4 PYRIMIDINAMINE]; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TARGETING; FEAR MEMORY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMORY; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; PYRAZOLES; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859747932     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.03.037     Document Type: Article

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