Histamine H3 receptor-mediated impairment of contextual fear conditioning and in-vivo inhibition of cholinergic transmission in the rat basolateral amygdala

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1522-1532

  Passani, M Beatrice ^a   Cangioli, Iacopo ^a   Baldi, Elisabetta ^b   Bucherelli, Corrado ^b   Mannaioni, Pier Francesco ^a   Blandina, Patrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACh; Amygdala; Conditioned freezing; H2 receptor; H3 receptor; Memory; Microdialysis; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CIMETIDINE; CIPROXIFAN; CLOBENPROPIT; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SCOPOLAMINE; TETRODOTOXIN; THIOPERAMIDE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAINING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT STRAIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEAR; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MEMORY; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H3; SCOPOLAMINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0035542732     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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