Contribution of NMDA receptor NR2B subunit to synaptic plasticity during associative learning in behaving rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 830-836

  Valenzuela Harrington, Mauricio ^a   Gruart, Agnès ^a   Delgado García, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Hippocampus; LTD; LTP; NMDA receptor; NR2B subunits

Indexed keywords

4 BENZYL ALPHA (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) BETA METHYL 1 PIPERIDINEPROPANOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EYELID; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERFORANT PATHWAY; PHENOLS; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 33847010623     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05325.x     Document Type: Article

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