(±)-α-Methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine, a metabotropic glutamate receptor blocker, impairs retention of an inhibitory avoidance task in rats when infused into the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala

Brain Research

Volumn 852, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 436-443

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c U   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotionally motivated learning; Glutamatergic system; Memory modulation; Nociception

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYL 4 CARBOXYPHENYLGLYCINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA-METHYL-4-CARBOXYPHENYLGLYCINE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BENZOATES; ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0033621608     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02220-9     Document Type: Article

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