Basolateral amygdala lesions block the memory-enhancing effect of glucocorticoid administration in the dorsal hippocampus of rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-83

  Roozendaal, Benno ^a  

^a Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Inhibitory avoidance task; Memory storage; Rat; Water maze task

Indexed keywords

11BETA,17BETA DIHYDROXY 6 METHYL 17ALPHA (1 PROPYNYL)ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIEN 3 ONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANDROSTANOLS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ELECTROSHOCK; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MIFEPRISTONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 0031050555     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01355.x     Document Type: Article

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