Involvement of basolateral amygdala α2-adrenoceptors in modulating consolidation of inhibitory avoidance memory

Learning and Memory

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 238-243

  Ferry, Barbara ^a   McGaugh, James L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRIMONIDINE; IDAZOXAN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CELL COUNT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; IDAZOXAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 42149114537     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.760908     Document Type: Article

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