Making memories of stressful events: A journey along epigenetic, gene transcription, and signaling pathways

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Reul, Johannes M H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Epigenetic; Glucocorticoid hormone; Immediate early gene; Learning and memory; MAPK; PTSD; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893439165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00005     Document Type: Review

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