Fear Conditioning Downregulates Rac1 Activity in the Basolateral Amygdala Astrocytes to Facilitate the Formation of Fear Memory

Astrocytes are well known to scale synaptic structural and functional plasticity, while the role in learning and memory, such as conditioned fear memory, is poorly elucidated. Here, using pharmacological approach, we find that fluorocitrate (FC) significantly inhibits the acquisition of fear memory,...

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Main Authors: Zhaohui Liao, Yezheng Tao, Xiaomu Guo, Deqin Cheng, Feifei Wang, Xing Liu, Lan Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2017.00396/full