Unilateral amygdala inactivation after training attenuates memory for reduced reward

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 175-180

  Coleman Mesches, Karin ^a,b   Salinas, Juan A ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Inactivation; Memory

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029990624     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00231-6     Document Type: Article

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