Microinfusions of flumazenil into the basolateral but not the central nucleus of the amygdala enhance memory consolidation in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Da Cunha, Claudio ^a   Roozendaal, Benno ^b   Vazdarjanova, Almira ^b   McGaugh, James L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0032817180     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1999.3912     Document Type: Article

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