A metaplasticity-like mechanism supports the selection of fear memories: Role of protein kinase A in the amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 7843-7851

  Parsons, Ryan G ^a   Davis, Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; HISTOLOGY; LATENT INHIBITION; LIGHT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; TRAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CUES; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 84861852458     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0939-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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