Mutations in presenilins are the major cause of familial Alzheimer's disease, but the pathogenic mechanism by which presenilin mutations cause memory loss and neurodegeneration remains unclear. Here… (More)
We have previously shown that apolipoprotein E (Apoe) promotes the formation of amyloid in brain and that astrocyte-specific expression of APOE markedly affects the deposition of amyloid-β peptides… (More)
Accumulation of beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptides in the cerebral cortex is considered a key event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Presenilin 1 (PS1) plays an essential role in the… (More)
Studies of gene expression following fear conditioning have demonstrated that the inducible transcription factor, egr-1, is increased in the lateral nucleus of the amygdala shortly following fear… (More)
Although the amygdala is known to be crucial for fear conditioning, little is known about the molecular and cellular mechanisms in the amygdala that are important for fear conditioning. One possible… (More)
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Apolipoprotein E (apoE) alleles are important genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD), with the epsilon4 allele increasing and the epsilon2 allele decreasing risk for developing AD. ApoE… (More)
The amygdaloid complex is thought to be a major site of action of anxiolytic benzodiazepine agonists. To investigate whether activity in the amygdaloid complex is altered with anxiolytic effects of… (More)
Expression of the immediate-early gene, NGFI-B (nerve growth factor inducible gene B), was examined in the amygdala, hippocampus, and neocortex following contextual fear conditioning. Rats were… (More)
N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the amygdala are known to be crucial for the learning of conditioned fear, although the molecular cascades that N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors regulate are not well… (More)