Opposite effects on two different measures of retention following unilateral inactivation of the amygdala

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-23

  Coleman Mesches, Karin ^a,b   West, Mary A ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Inactivation; Lidocaine; Retention

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030899711     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)02211-5     Document Type: Article

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