The cannabinoid system in the retrosplenial cortex modulates fear memory consolidation, reconsolidation, and extinction

Learning and Memory

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 584-588

  Sachser, Ricardo Marcelo ^a   Crestani, Ana Paula ^a   Quillfeldt, Jorge Alberto ^a   Souza, Tadeu Mello E ^a   De Oliveira Alvares, Lucas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; CANNABINOID; 3-(2-HYDROXY-4-(1,1-DIMETHYLHEPTYL)PHENYL)-4-(3-HYDROXYPROPYL)CYCLOHEXANOL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CNR1 PROTEIN, RAT; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY EXTINCTION; MEMORY RECONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN CORTEX; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECTS; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CYCLOHEXANOLS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1;

EID: 84950107650     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.039891.115     Document Type: Article

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