Post-training stimulation of the basolateral amygdala improves spatial learning in rats with lesion of the fimbria-fornix

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Almaguer, William ^a   Capdevila, Vladimir ^b   Ramírez, Magaly ^a   Vallejo, Araceli ^a   Rosillo, Juan C ^a   Bergado, Jorge A ^a  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE RESTAURACIÓN NEUROLÓGICA CIREN   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS Y PRECLÍNICAS VICTORIA DE GIRÓN   (Cuba)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FIMBRIA; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULATION; TRAINING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FORNIX (BRAIN); MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17244373836     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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