Fimbria-fornix lesion impairs long-term potentiation in the dentate gyrus of the rat

Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-202

  Bergado, J A ^a   Moreno, H ^a   Nunez N ^a  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE RESTAURACIÓN NEUROLÓGICA CIREN   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Fimbria; Fornix; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Memory deficit

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029888710     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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