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Trace Fear Conditioning in Mice
Published on: March 20, 2014
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学習と記憶を制御する
Jiali Xiong1, Anuradha Mehta2, Qiang Liu2
1Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, U.S.A.
まとめ
中枢桃体 (CeA) の分子mWAKEは,雄性マウスの恐怖学習と記憶に不可欠です. そのレベルは恐怖条件付けの後に低下し,記憶形成のためのCeAニューロン活動を調節する役割を示唆します.
科学分野:
- 神経科学
- 分子生物学
- 行動科学
背景:
- 中枢桃体 (CeA) は 恐怖の学習と記憶の処理に不可欠です
- 恐怖記憶における CeAの機能を制御する分子メカニズムは不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- 男性マウスのCeAにおける恐怖学習と記憶におけるクロック出力分子のmWAKE/ANKFN1の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- CeAニューロンのサブクラスターでmWAKE発現パターンを調べた.
- mWAKEの機能喪失が神経刺激性に与える影響を評価した.
- 恐怖行動におけるmWAKEの役割を研究するために 条件付きノックアウトと化学遺伝学を使用しました
- 恐怖条件付けの後に測定されたmWAKEレベル.
主要な成果:
- mWAKEは横のCeAニューロンで発現するが,リズム発現を示さないし,コアクロック遺伝子PER2とBMALもそうではない.
- mWAKEの喪失は,CEAニューロンの興奮性を増加させる.
- mWAKEの条件付きノックアウトとCeAmWAKEニューロンの化学遺伝的活性化は,恐怖の学習と記憶を損なう.
- mWAKEレベルは 特定のCeAニューロンで 恐怖条件付けの後に減少します
結論:
- mWAKEは,CeAニューロン活動を調節することによって,恐怖の学習と記憶に重要な役割を果たします.
- CeAにおけるmWAKEとクロック遺伝子の非リズム的発現は,異なる機能を示唆している.
- 恐怖記憶の生成の 分子メカニズムを表すかもしれません
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