Glucocorticoid enhancement of memory consolidation in the rat is blocked by muscarinic receptor antagonism in the basolateral amygdala

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3481-3487

  Power, A E ^a   Roozendaal, B ^a   McGaugh, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoids; Inhibitory avoidance task; Memory modulation; Muscarinic receptors

Indexed keywords

11BETA,17BETA DIHYDROXY 6 METHYL 17ALPHA (1 PROPYNYL)ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIEN 3 ONE; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMYGDALA; ANDROSTANOLS; ANIMAL; ATROPINE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS, SYNTHETIC; MALE; MEMORY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0033783264     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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