Regulation of emotional memory by hydrogen sulfide: Role of GluN2B-containing NMDA receptor in the amygdala

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 124-134

  Wang, Can Ming ^a   Yang, Yuan Jian ^a,d   Zhang, Jie Ting ^a   Liu, Jue ^a   Guan, Xin Lei ^a   Li, Ming Xing ^a   Lu, Hai Feng ^a   Wu, Peng Fei ^a,b,c   Chen, Jian Guo ^a,b,c   Wang, Fang ^a,b,c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province   (China)

^d Department of Psychiatry Jiangxi Mental Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

amygdala; cued fear memory; emotional memory; GluN2B containing NMDA receptor; hydrogen sulfide; long term potentiation

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NR2B NMDA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUED FEAR MEMORY; EMOTIONAL MEMORY; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EMOTION; FEAR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; EMOTIONS; FEAR; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84923608813     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12961     Document Type: Article

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