Changes in hippocampal theta following intrahippocampal corticotropin- releasing hormone (CRH) infusions in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 603-607

  Kortekaas, Rudie ^a   Costall, Brenda ^a   Smythe, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; CRH; Hippocampus; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Memory; Rat; Stress; Theta

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0032991443     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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