Vagus nerve stimulation potentiates hippocampal LTP in freely-moving rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 583-589

  Zuo, Yantao ^a   Smith, Douglas C ^a   Jensen, Robert A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Rats; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 33847283622     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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