Basolateral Amygdala Lesions Do Not Prevent Memory of Context-Footshock Training

Learning and Memory

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-502

  Berlau, Daniel J ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTEXT FOOTSHOCK TRAINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAINING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FOOT; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0344629671     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.64003     Document Type: Article

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