Deficits of spatial and non-spatial memory and of auditory fear conditioning following anterior thalamic lesions in mice: Comparison with chronic alcohol consumption

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2575-2584

  Célérier, Aurélie ^a   Ognard, Raphaël ^a   Decorte, Laurence ^a   Beracochea, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Alternation; Amnesia; Diencephalon; Emotional memory; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEAR; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPACE PERCEPTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033916077     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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