Unique Neural Circuitry for Neonatal Olfactory Learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1182-1189

  Moriceau, Stephanie ^a   Sullivan, Regina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Development; Idazoxan ( 2 antagonist); Imprinting; Infant rat; Learning; Locus ceruleus; Memory; Mother infant attachment; Norepinephrine; Olfactory bulb; Phenylephrine ( 1 agonist); Sensitive period

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IDAZOXAN; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; LEARNING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); INFUSION PUMPS; LEARNING; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE NET; NOREPINEPHRINE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SMELL;

EID: 0842282468     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4578-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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