Role of Hippocampal CA3 μ-Opioid Receptors in Spatial Learning and Memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2953-2962

  Meilandt, William J ^a   Barea Rodriguez, Edwin ^a   Harvey, Stephen A K ^a,b   Martinez Jr , Joe L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

opioid receptor; CA3; Hippocampus; Memory retrieval; Spatial learning; Water maze

Indexed keywords

BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOSSY FIBER; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CATHETERIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 1642423921     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5569-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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