Norepinephrine infused into the basolateral amygdala posttraining enhances retention in a spatial water maze task

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 232-239

  Hatfield, Tammy ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032802657     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3875     Document Type: Article

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