Reactivating fear memory under propranolol resets pre-trauma levels of dendritic spines in basolateral amygdala but not dorsal hippocampus neurons

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Vetere, Gisella ^a,b   Piserchia, Valentina ^b   Borreca, Antonella ^a   Novembre, Giovanni ^b,c   Aceti, Massimiliano ^a,b,d   Ammassari Teule, Martine ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dendritic spines; Fear memory reactivation; Hippocampus; p ERK; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; FEAR MEMORY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84891073959     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00211     Document Type: Article

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