Temporal characterization of subcortical nuclei in mnemonic processes: Results of tetrodotoxin reversible inactivation studies in the rat

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-296

  Ambrogi Lorenzini, C G ^a   Baldi, E ^a   Bucherelli, C ^a   Sacchetti, B ^a   Tassoni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0031768845     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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