Gephyrin plays a key role in BDNF-dependent regulation of amygdala surface GABAARs

Neuroscience

Volumn 255, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-44

  Mou, L ^a,b   Dias, B G ^a,b   Gosnell, H ^a   Ressler, K J ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Consolidation; Fear; GABA; Gephyrin; Memory

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; ANISOMYCIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GEPHYRIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEARNING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMYGDALA; BDNF; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONSOLIDATION; FEAR; GABA; GABA(A) RECEPTORS; GABA(A)RS; GEPHYRIN; GFP; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ICC; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IP; MEMORY; NEUROTROPHIC TYROSINE KINASE, RECEPTOR, TYPE 2; PBS; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINE; SDS-PAGE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRKB;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84886998322     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.09.051     Document Type: Article

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