NMDA receptor antagonism in the lateral/basolateral but not central nucleus of the amygdala prevents the induction of facilitated learning in response to stress

Learning and Memory

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 220-230

  Shors, Tracey J ^a   Mathew, Pramod R ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHORBOL DIBUTYRATE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FACILITATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STRESS;

EID: 0032450662     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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