Blocking Mineralocorticoid Receptors prior to Retrieval Reduces Contextual Fear Memory in Mice

Ming Zhou; Merel Kindt; Marian Joëls; Harm J. Krugers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026220

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Blocking Mineralocorticoid Receptors prior to Retrieval Reduces Contextual Fear Memory in Mice

Ming Zhou,

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Merel Kindt,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Marian Joëls,

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Harm J. Krugers

* E-mail: h.krugers@uva.nl

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Blocking Mineralocorticoid Receptors prior to Retrieval Reduces Contextual Fear Memory in Mice

Ming Zhou,
Merel Kindt,
Marian Joëls,
Harm J. Krugers

Published: October 12, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026220

About the Authors

Ming Zhou

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Merel Kindt

Affiliation Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Marian Joëls

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Harm J. Krugers

* E-mail: h.krugers@uva.nl

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ HK MK MZ. Performed the experiments: MZ. Analyzed the data: MZ. Wrote the paper: MJ HK MK MZ.

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