Amygdalar inactivation blocks stress-induced impairments in hippocampal long-term potentiation and spatial memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1532-1539

  Kim, Jeansok J ^a   Ja, Wook Koo ^b   Lee, Hongjoo J ^b   Han, Jung Soo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Corticosterone; GABA; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROSHOCK; GABA AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STRESS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 13844280717     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4623-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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