Dynamic changes in neural circuitry during adolescence are associated with persistent attenuation of fear memories

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Pattwell, Siobhan S ^a   Liston, Conor ^b,c   Jing, Deqiang ^c   Ninan, Ipe ^d   Yang, Rui R ^c   Witztum, Jonathan ^b   Murdock, Mitchell H ^b   Dincheva, Iva ^c   Bath, Kevin G ^e   Casey, B J ^c   Deisseroth, Karl ^f   Lee, Francis S ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ANXIETY; ATTENUATION; CASE REPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MATURATION; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPINE; STRESS; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ASSOCIATION; C57BL MOUSE; CONDITIONING; FEAR; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84971260432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11475     Document Type: Article

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