Excitotoxic basolateral amygdala lesions potentiate the memory impairment effect of muscimol injected into the medial septal area

Brain Research

Volumn 816, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 329-336

  Spanis, Curt W ^a,b   Bianchin, Marino M ^b   Izquierdo, Ivan ^c   McGaugh, James L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

GABAergic system; Inhibitory avoidance; Morris water maze; NMDA

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; GABA AGONISTS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0033596560     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01104-4     Document Type: Article

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