Lesioning the fimbria-fornix impairs basolateral amygdala induced reinforcement of LTP in the dentate gyrus

Brain Research

Volumn 861, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 186-189

  Jas, J ^a   Almaguer, W ^a   Frey, J U ^b   Bergado, J ^a  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE RESTAURACIÓN NEUROLÓGICA CIREN   (Cuba)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Limbic system; Memory; Rat; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; FORNIX (BRAIN); LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034616270     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02037-0     Document Type: Article

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