Activation of CB1 cannabinoid receptors impairs memory consolidation and hippocampal polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule expression in contextual fear conditioning

Neuroscience

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1708-1716

  Mackowiak M ^a   Chocyk, A ^a   Dudys, D ^a   Wedzony, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

cannabinoids; dentate gyrus; freezing behavior; memory; NCAM

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; DEXANABINOL; DOUBLECORTIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DENTATE GYRUS; FEAR; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DENTATE GYRUS; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GENE EXPRESSION; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEUROPEPTIDES; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SIALIC ACIDS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 60149109047     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.11.037     Document Type: Article

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