Priming stimulation in the basolateral amygdala modulates synaptic plasticity in the rat dentate gyrus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-86

  Akirav, Irit ^a   Richter Levin, Gal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amygdalo hippocampal interaction; Basolateral amygdala; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Memory; Rat; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERFORANT PATHWAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033618575     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00488-7     Document Type: Article

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