The microbiome regulates amygdala-dependent fear recall

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1134-1144

  Hoban, A E ^a   Stilling, R M ^a   Moloney, G ^a   Shanahan, F ^a   Dinan, T G ^a,b   Clarke, G ^a,b   Cryan, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEAR CONDITIONING TEST; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MICROBIOME; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RNA EXTRACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; CUES; FEAR; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85021767106     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.100     Document Type: Article

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