Classical eyeblink conditioning during acute hypobaric hypoxia is improved in acclimatized mice and involves Fos expression in selected brain areas

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1479-1487

  Lopez Ramos J C ^a   Yi, P J ^a   Eleore, L ^a   Madronal N ^a   Rueda, A ^a   Delgado Garcia J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Learning; Memory; Simulated altitude

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RECOGNITION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLINKING; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35648993474     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00384.2007     Document Type: Article

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