Intraseptal infusions of muscimol impair spontaneous alternation performance: Infusions of glucose into the hippocampus, but not the medial septum, reverse the deficit

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-85

  Parent, Marise B ^a,b   Laurey, Paul T ^a   Wilkniss, Sandra ^a   Gold, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; GLUCOSE; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0031194943     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1997.3769     Document Type: Article

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