Entorhinal cortex and fimbria-fornix role in rat's passive avoidance response memorization

Brain Research

Volumn 799, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 270-277

  Baldi, Elisabetta ^a   Lorenzini, Carlo Ambrogi ^a   Sacchetti, Benedetto ^a   Tassoni, Giovanna ^a   Bucherelli, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Fimbria fomix; Functional inactivation; Passive avoidance acquisition; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032551574     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00466-1     Document Type: Article

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