The Molecular Motor KIF21B Mediates Synaptic Plasticity and Fear Extinction by Terminating Rac1 Activation

Summary: Fear extinction is a component of cognitive flexibility that is relevant for important psychiatric diseases, but its molecular mechanism is still largely elusive. We established mice lacking the kinesin-4 motor KIF21B as a model for fear extinction defects. Postsynaptic NMDAR-dependent long...

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Main Authors: Momo Morikawa, Yosuke Tanaka, Hyun-Soo Cho, Masaharu Yoshihara, Nobutaka Hirokawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718308702