European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 253-271 , April 2010

Mapping the brain pathways of traumatic memory: Inactivation of protein kinase M zeta in different brain regions disrupts traumatic memory processes and attenuates traumatic stress responses in rats

  • Hagit Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Mental Health Center, Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 4600, Beer-Sheva 84170, Israel. Tel.: +972 8 6401743; fax: +972 8 6401742.
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  • Nitsan Kozlovsky

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Mental Health Center, Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Michael A. Matar

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Mental Health Center, Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Zeev Kaplan

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Mental Health Center, Anxiety and Stress Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Joseph Zohar

      Affiliations

    • The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Received 9 October 2009 ,Revised 15 November 2009 ,Accepted 24 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2009.12.006

European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 253-271 , April 2010

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