Differential histone acetylation in sub-regions of bed nucleus of the stria terminalis underlies fear consolidation and extinction

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 350-359

  Ranjan, Vandana ^a   Singh, Sanjay ^b   Siddiqui, Sarfraj Ahmad ^b   Tripathi, Sukanya ^b   Khan, Mohd Yahiya ^b   Prakash, Anand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Extended amygdala; Fear memory; Histone acetylation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CATALEPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HISTONE ACETYLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 85019552148     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: 19763026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2017.14.3.350     Document Type: Article

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