Stabilization of thalamo-cortical long-term potentiation by the amygdala: Cholinergic and transcription-dependent mechanisms

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 557-565

  Dringenberg, Hans C ^a   Kuo, Min Ching ^a   Tomaszek, Summer ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Anisomysin; EEG; Neocortex; Plasticity; Rat; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANISOMYCIN; METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE; URETHAN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXAMINATION; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRENGTH; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THETA RHYTHM; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANISOMYCIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENICULATE BODIES; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SCOPOLAMINE; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 3242748891     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03515.x     Document Type: Article

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