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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Marcin Piechota
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27088 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Attwood Benjamin K BK Bourgognon Julie-Myrtille JM Patel Satyam S Mucha Mariusz M Schiavon Emanuele E Skrzypiec Anna E AE Young Kenneth W KW Shiosaka Sadao S Korostynski Michal M Piechota Marcin M Przewlocki Ryszard R Pawlak Robert R
Nature 20110420 7347
A minority of individuals experiencing traumatic events develop anxiety disorders. The reason for the lack of correspondence between the prevalence of exposure to psychological trauma and the development of anxiety is unknown. Extracellular proteolysis contributes to fear-associated responses by facilitating neuronal plasticity at the neuron-matrix interface. Here we show in mice that the serine protease neuropsin is critical for stress-related plasticity in the amygdala by regulating the dynami ...[more]