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Maddox, S.A., Watts, C.S., Doyère, V. & Schafe, G.E. (2013). A naturally-occurring histone acetyltransferase inhibitor derived from Garcinia indica impairs newly acquired and reactivated fear memories. PloS ONE, 8(1): e54463. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054463. PDF
Maddox, S.A., Watts, C.S. & Schafe, G.E. (2013). p300/CBP histone acetyltransferase activity is required for newly acquired and reactivated fear memories in the lateral amygdala. Learning & Memory, 20, 109-119. PDF
Maddox, S.A. & Schafe, G.E. (2011). The activity-regulated cytoskeletal-associated protein (Arc/Arg3.1) is required for reconsolidation of a Pavlovian fear memory. The Journal of Neuroscience, 31, 7073-82. PDF
Ploski, J.E., Nguyen, T., Monsey, M.S., DiLeone, R.J. & Schafe, G.E. (2011). The neuronal PAS domain protein 4 (Npas4) is required for new and reactivated fear memories. PloS ONE, 6(8): e23760. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023760. PDF
Maddox, S.A. & Schafe, G.E. (2011). Epigenetic alterations in the lateral amygdala are required for reconsolidation of a Pavlovian fear memory. Learning & Memory, 18, 579-593. PDF
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Maddox , S.A. , Monsey, M.S. & Schafe, G.E. (2011). Early growth response gene I (Egr-1) is required for new and reactivated fear memories in the lateral amygdala. Learning & Memory, 18, 24-38. PDF
Ota, K.T., Monsey, M.S., Wu, M.S. & Schafe, G.E. (2010). Synaptic plasticity and NO-cGMP-PKG signaling regulate pre- and postsynaptic alterations at rat lateral amygdala synapses following Pavlovian fear conditioning. PloS One, 5(6): e11236. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011236. PDF
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Ploski, J.E., Park, K., Monsey, M.S., Ping, J. & Schafe, G.E. (2010). Identification of plasticity-associated genes in the lateral amygdala regulated by Pavlovian fear conditioning. Journal of Neurochemistry, 112, 636-650. PDF
Ploski, J.E., Pierre, V.J., Smucny, J., Park, K., Monsey, M.S., Overeem, K.A. & Schafe, G.E. (2008). Activity-regulated cytoskeletal-associated protein (Arc/Arg3.1) is required for memory consolidation of Pavlovian fear conditioning in the lateral amygdala. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28, 12383-12395. PDF
Ota, K.T., Pierre, V.J., Ploski, J.E., Queen, K. & Schafe, G.E. (2008). The NO-cGMP-PKG signaling pathway regulates fear memory consolidation and synaptic plasticity in the lateral amygdala via activation of ERK/MAP kinase. Learning & Memory, 15, 792-805. PDF
Fernandez, S.M., Gresack, J.E., Lewis, M. C., Schafe, G.E., & Frick, K.M. (2008). Estradiol-induced enhancement of object memory consolidation involves hippocampal ERK activation and membrane-bound estrogen receptors. The Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 8660-7. PDF
Schafe, G.E. (2008). Rethinking the role of L-type voltage-gated calcium channels in fear memory extinction. Learning & Memory, 15, 324-325. PDF
Doyère, V., Dębiec, J., Monfils-M., Schafe, G.E. & LeDoux, J.E. (2007). Synapse-specific reconsolidation of distinct fear memories in the lateral amygdala. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 414-416. PDF
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Schafe, G.E., Doyère, V., LeDoux, J.E. (2005). Tracking the fear engram: The lateral amygdala is an essential locus of fear memory storage. The Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 10010-15. PDF
Schafe, G.E., Bauer, E.P., Rosis, S, Farb, C.R, Rodrigues, S.M., & LeDoux, J.E. (2005). Memory consolidation of Pavlovian fear conditioning requires nitric oxide signaling in the lateral amygdala. European Journal of Neuroscience, 22, 201-211. PDF
Apergis-Schoute, A.M., Debiec, J., Doyère, V., LeDoux, J.E., & Schafe, G.E. (2005). Auditory fear conditioning and LTP in the lateral amygdala require ERK/MAP kinase signaling in the auditory thalamus: A role for pre-synaptic plasticity in the fear system. The Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 5730-39. PDF
Rodrigues, S.M., Schafe, G.E., & LeDoux, J.E. (2004). Molecular mechanisms underlying emotional learning and memory in the lateral amygdala. Neuron, 44, 75-91. PDF
Rodrigues S.M., Farb C.R., Bauer E.P., LeDoux J.E., Schafe G.E. (2004) Pavlovian fear conditioning regulates Thr286 autophosphorylation of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II at lateral amygdala synapses. The Journal of Neuroscience, 24(13), 3281-8. PDF
Doyère, V., Schafe, G.E., Sigurdsson, T. & LeDoux, J.E. (2003). Long-term potentiation in freely moving rats reveals asymmetries between thalamic and cortical inputs to the lateral amygdala. European Journal of Neuroscience, 17, 2703-2715. PDF
Rodrigues, S.M., Bauer, E.P., Farb, C.R., Schafe, G.E., & LeDoux, J.E. (2002). The group I metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR5 is required for fear memory formation and long-term potentiation in the lateral amygdala. The Journal of Neuroscience, 22, 5219-29. PDF
Bauer, E.P., Schafe, G.E., & LeDoux, J.E. (2002). N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and L-type voltage-gated calcium channels contribute to long-term potentiation and different components of fear memory formation in the lateral amygdala. The Journal of Neuroscience, 22, 5239-49. PDF
Schafe, G.E., Nader, K., Blair, H.T. & LeDoux, J.E. (2001). Memory consolidation of Pavlovian fear conditioning: A cellular and molecular perspective. Trends In Neurosciences, 24, 540-546. PDF
Blair, H.T., Schafe, G.E., Bauer, E.P., Rodrigues, S.M., & LeDoux, J.E. (2001). Synaptic plasticity in the lateral amygdala: A cellular hypothesis of fear conditioning. Learning & Memory, 8, 229-242. PDF
Rodrigues, S.M., Schafe, G.E., & LeDoux, J.E. (2001). Intra-amygdala blockade of the NR2B subunit of the NMDA receptor disrupts the acquisition but not the expression of fear conditioning. The Journal of Neuroscience, 21, 6889-96. PDF
Schafe, G.E., Atkins, C.M., Swank, M.W., Bauer, E.P., Sweatt, J.D., & LeDoux, J.E. (2000). Activation of ERK/MAP kinase in the amygdala is required for memory consolidation of Pavlovian fear conditioning. The Journal of Neuroscience, 20, 8177-8187. PDF
Nader, K., Schafe, G.E., & LeDoux, J.E. (2000). Fear memories require protein synthesis in the amygdala for reconsolidation after retrieval. Nature, 406, 722-726. PDF
Schafe, G.E. & LeDoux, J.E. (2000). Memory consolidation of auditory Pavlovian fear conditioning requires protein synthesis and protein kinase A in the amygdala. The Journal of Neuroscience, 20, RC96, 1-5. PDF
Wilensky, A.E., Schafe, G.E., & LeDoux, J.E. (2000). The amygdala modulates memory consolidation of fear-motivated inhibitory avoidance learning but not classical fear conditioning. The Journal of Neuroscience, 20, 7059-7066. PDF
Wilensky, A.E., Schafe, G.E., & LeDoux, J.E. (1999). Functional inactivation of amygdala before but not after auditory fear conditioning disrupts memory formation. The Journal of Neuroscience, 19, RC48, 1-5. PDF
Schafe, G.E., Nadel, N.V., Sullivan, G.M., Harris, A. & LeDoux, J.E. (1999). Memory consolidation for contextual and auditory fear conditioning is dependent on protein synthesis, PKA, and MAP kinase. Learning & Memory, 6, 97-110. PDF