Selective lesions of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons produce anterograde and retrograde deficits in a social transmission of food preference task in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 983-998

  Vale Martínez, Anna ^a,b   Baxter, Mark G ^c   Eichenbaum, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Anterograde and retrograde amnesia; Declarative memory; Medial septum; Nucleus basalis magnocellularis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOREBRAIN; GIANT CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SMELL;

EID: 0036457212     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02153.x     Document Type: Article

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