Alcohol-induced memory impairment in trace fear conditioning: A hippocampus-specific effect

Hippocampus

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-315

  Weitemier, Adam Z ^a   Ryabinin, Andrey E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Ethanol; Hippocampus; Learning; Trace fear conditioning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOCK;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; ETHANOL; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 0038406093     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.10063     Document Type: Review

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