Effects of D-AP5 and NMDA microiontophoresis on associative learning in the barrel cortex of awake rats

Brain Research

Volumn 793, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 149-168

  Maalouf, M ^a   Dykes, R W ^a   Miasnikov, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

L NAME; Principle vibrissa; Unit recording; Unpaired control; Whisker pairing

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MALE; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VIBRISSA;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; IONTOPHORESIS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MICROELECTRODES; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0032543164     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00152-8     Document Type: Article

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