GABA and muscimol as reversible inactivation tools in learning and memory

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 19-29

  Majchrzak, M ^a   Di Scala, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Frontal cortex; GABA; Learning; Memory; Muscimol; Nucleus basalis magno cellularis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MUSCIMOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL CORTEX; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE FIBER; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; REVIEW;

EID: 0034049037     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/NP.2000.19     Document Type: Review

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