Late Arc/Arg3.1 expression in the basolateral amygdala is essential for persistence of newly-acquired and reactivated contextual fear memories

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Nakayama, Daisuke ^a   Hashikawa Yamasaki, Yoshiko ^a   Ikegaya, Yuji ^a,b   Matsuki, Norio ^a   Nomura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Information and Communications Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NR2B NMDA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ANIMALS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84958267933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21007     Document Type: Article

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