Facilitation of learning after lesions of the tuberomammillary nucleus region in adult and aged rats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 447-456

  Frisch, C ^a   Hasenohrl R U ^a   Haas, H L ^a   Weiler, H T ^a   Steinbusch, H W M ^b   Huston, J P ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Histamine; Immunohistochemistry; Memory; Posterior hypothalamus; Rat

Indexed keywords

EXCITOTOXIN; HISTAMINE; IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACILITATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HISTAMINE; IBOTENIC ACID; LEARNING; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MAZE LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031983937     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050301     Document Type: Article

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