Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the amygdala mediates susceptibility to fear conditioning

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-29

  Chou, Dylan ^a   Huang, Chiung Chun ^a   Hsu, Kuei Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; BDNF; Fear conditioning; Social defeat stress

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; PROPRANOLOL; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL STRESS;

AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; BDNF; FEAR CONDITIONING; SOCIAL DEFEAT STRESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PROPYLAMINES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS;

EID: 84895765735     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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