Mechanisms of amygdala modulation of hippocampal plasticity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 9912-9921

  Akirav, Irit ^a   Richter Levin, Gal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Central amygdala; Contralateral; Corticosterone; Dentate gyrus; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Ipsilateral; Long term potentiation; Norepinephrine; Plasticity; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; TETANY;

EID: 0037112253     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-22-09912.2002     Document Type: Article

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