Adrenergic activation of the nucleus tractus solitarius potentiates amygdala norepinephrine release and enhances retention performance in emotionally arousing and spatial memory tasks

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 151-158

  Clayton, Edwin C ^a   Williams, Cedric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Epinephrine; Inhibitory avoidance; Memory; Microdialysis; Norepinephrine; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Radial maze

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SECRETION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EPINEPHRINE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROINJECTIONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034219439     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00178-9     Document Type: Article

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