Blockade of noradrenergic receptors in the basolateral amygdala impairs taste memory

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2605-2610

  Miranda, M I ^a,b   LaLumiere, R T ^a   Buen, T V ^a   Bermudez Rattoni, F ^b   McGaugh, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; Consolidation; Incidental learning; Latent inhibition; Norepinephrine; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SACCHARIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE AVERSION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MEMORY; NAUSEA; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE;

EID: 0344874597     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.03008.x     Document Type: Article

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