Posttraining infusion of cholinergic drugs into the ventral subiculum modulated memory in an inhibitory avoidance task: Interaction with the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Liu, Tzu Lan ^a   Liang, K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emotion memory; Fear conditioning; Glutamate; Memory consolidation; NMDA receptors; Norepinephrine; Rats

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSHONOVALERIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; OXOTREMORINE; PROPRANOLOL; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL SUBICULUM;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXOTREMORINE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCOPOLAMINE; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 60749086752     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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