Parafascicular electrical stimulation attenuates nucleus basalis magnocellularis lesion-induced active avoidance retention deficit

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 37-48

  Sos Hinojosa, Hermenegildo ^a   Guillazo Blanch, Gemma ^a   Vale Martínez, Anna ^a   Nadal, Roser ^a   Morgado Bernal, Ignacio ^a   Martí Nicolovius, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arousal systems; Basal forebrain; Intralaminar nuclei of the thalamus; Rats; Two way active avoidance learning and retention

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOREBRAIN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHAM FEEDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0042388417     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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