The levo enantiomer of amphetamine increases memory consolidation and gene expression in the hippocampus without producing locomotor stimulation

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-113

  Wiig, Kjesten A ^a   Whitlock, Jonathan R ^b   Epstein, Mel H ^a   Carpenter, Randall L ^a   Bear, Mark F ^b  

^a Sention Inc   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

d amphetamine; Enhancement; l amphetamine; Locomotor; Memory; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMNESIA; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; METHAMPHETAMINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCOPOLAMINE;

EID: 67349202296     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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