Ex vivo depotentiation of conditioning-induced potentiation at thalamic input synapses onto the lateral amygdala requires GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 530, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Park, Sungmo ^a   Lee, Sukwon ^a   Kim, Jeongyeon ^a   Choi, Sukwoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fear extinction; GluN2B containing NMDA receptor; Ifenprodil; Lateral amygdala; Ro25 6981

Indexed keywords

4 BENZYL ALPHA (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) BETA METHYL 1 PIPERIDINEPROPANOL; AMPA RECEPTOR; IFENPRODIL; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84868513356     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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