Enhanced noradrenergic activity potentiates fear memory consolidation and reconsolidation by differentially recruiting α1-and β-adrenergic receptors

Learning and Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 210-219

  Gazarini, Lucas ^a   Jark Stern, Cristina A ^a   Carobrez, Antônio P ^a   Bertoglio, Leandro J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; NADOLOL; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; FACILITATION; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY RETRIEVAL; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; MEMORY; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA;

EID: 84876536146     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.030007.112     Document Type: Article

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