Biological Psychiatry
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 197-204 , 15 July 2010

Loss of Limbic System-Associated Membrane Protein Leads to Reduced Hippocampal Mineralocorticoid Receptor Expression, Impaired Synaptic Plasticity, and Spatial Memory Deficit

  • Shenfeng Qiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
    • Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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  • Danielle L. Champagne

      Affiliations

    • Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden, Netherlands
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  • Melinda Peters

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
    • ,
  • Elizabeth H. Catania

      Affiliations

    • Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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  • Edwin J. Weeber

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
    • ,
  • Pat Levitt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
    • Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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  • Aurea F. Pimenta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
    • Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Aurea F. Pimenta, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology and Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, 8114C MRB III, 465 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37232-8548

Received 9 October 2009 ,Revised 10 February 2010 ,Accepted 12 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.02.013

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 197-204 , 15 July 2010

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