Modulation of taste-induced Elk-1 activation by identified neurotransmitter systems in the insular cortex of the behaving rat

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 122-126

  Berman, Diego E ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cortex; Elk 1; GABA; Glutamate; Memory; Taste

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELK 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INSULA; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASTE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETS-DOMAIN PROTEIN ELK-1; MALE; MEMORY; MICROINJECTIONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; TASTE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037229762     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7427(02)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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