The memory-modulatory effects of glucocorticoids depend on an intact stria terminalis

Brain Research

Volumn 709, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-250

  Roozendaal, Benno ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Amygdala; Dexamethasone; Inhibitory avoidance; Memory modulation; Stria terminalis; Water maze

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADRENALECTOMY; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030026801     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01305-9     Document Type: Article

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