Memory enhancement with event-related stimulation of the rostral intralaminar thalamic nuclei

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 14293-14300

  Mair, Robert G ^a   Hembrook, Jacqueline R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Central thalamus; Deep brain stimulation; GABAA; Orexin; Working memory

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARBACHOL; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; OREXIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLIOSIS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CARBACHOL; CARBOLINES; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSCIMOL; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149391338     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3301-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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