Glutamatergic and dopaminergic afferents to the prefrontal cortex regulate spatial working memory in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-106

  Romanides, A J ^a   Duffy, P ^a   Kalivas, P W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Glutamate; Mediodorsal thalamus; Prefrontal cortex; Ventral tegmental area; Working memory

Indexed keywords

2 CARBOXYPIPERAZIN 4 PROPYL 1 PHOSPHONIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; BACLOFEN; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033042213     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00747-7     Document Type: Article

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