Glucocorticoid receptor agonist and antagonist administration into the basolateral but not central amygdala modulates memory storage

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 176-179

  Roozendaal, Benno ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA,17BETA DIHYDROXY 6 METHYL 17ALPHA (1 PROPYNYL)ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIEN 3 ONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; MIFEPRISTONE;

AGONIST; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0031103408     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.3765     Document Type: Article

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