Formation and Retrieval of Inhibitory Avoidance Memory: Differential Roles of Glutamate Receptors in the Amygdala and Medial Prefrontal Cortex

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-166

  Liang, K C ^a   Hu, Shu Jung ^a   Chang, Shin Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Affective memory; AMPA receptors; Amygdala; Medial prefrontal cortex; NMDA receptors; Rats

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; INJECTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; INJECTIONS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030339351     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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