Epinephrine-induced enhancement of memory retrieval for inhibitory avoidance conditioning in preweanling Sprague-Dawley rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-311

  Flint Jr , Robert W ^a   Bunsey, Michael D ^b   Riccio, David C ^b  

^a The College of Saint Rose   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epinephrine; Inhibitory avoidance; Memory modulation; Ontogeny; Place preference; Rats; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; EPINEPHRINE; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RATS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34247368047     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20212     Document Type: Article

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