Chronic corticosterone exposure persistently elevates the expression of memory-related genes in the lateral amygdala and enhances the consolidation of a Pavlovian fear memory

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Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Monsey, Melissa S ^a   Boyle, Lara M ^a   Zhang, Melinda L ^a   Nguyen, Caroline P ^a   Kronman, Hope G ^a   Ota, Kristie T ^b   Duman, Ronald S ^a,b   Taylor, Jane R ^a,b   Schafe, Glenn E ^c,d,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING WATER; FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONG TERM MEMORY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEAR; FLUOXETINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84897527164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091530     Document Type: Article

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