Myosin II motor activity in the lateral amygdala is required for fear memory consolidation

Learning and Memory

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-14

  Gavin, Cristin F ^a,b   Rubio, Maria D ^c   Young, Erica ^a   Miller, Courtney ^a   Rumbaugh, Gavin ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEBBISTATIN; MYOSIN II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DENDRITIC SPINES; FEAR; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NONMUSCLE MYOSIN TYPE IIB; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84863410659     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.024042.111     Document Type: Article

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