Synaptic potentiation in the nociceptive amygdala following fear learning in mice

Molecular Brain

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Watabe, Ayako M ^a,b   Ochiai, Toshitaka ^a,c   Nagase, Masashi ^a   Takahashi, Yukari ^a   Sato, Masaru ^a   Kato, Fusao ^a,d  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central amygdala; Fear conditioning; Mouse; Nociception; Plasticity; Potentiation; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEAR; KINETICS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NOCICEPTION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNAPSES; TEMPERATURE;

MUS;

EID: 84874396992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6606-6-11     Document Type: Article

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