Cholinergic septo-hippocampal innervation is required for trace eyeblink classical conditioning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 557-563

  Fontán Lozano, Ángela ^a   Troncoso, Julieta ^a   Múnera, Alejandro ^b   Carrión, Ángel Manuel ^a   Delgado García, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b Genetic Institute   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOBELINE; MUSCARINIC AGENT; SAPORIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CONDITIONING, EYELID; EYELIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 28844505032     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.28105     Document Type: Article

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