Basolateral amygdala lesions block the memory-enhancing effect of 8-Br-cAMP infused into the entorhinal cortex of rats after training

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 905-910

  Roesler, Rafael ^a   Roozendaal, Benno ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Entorhinal cortex; Inhibitory avoidance; Memory consolidation

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RETENTION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAINING;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036456245     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01924.x     Document Type: Article

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