Mediodorsal thalamic lesions block the stress-induced inversion of serial memory retrieval pattern in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-278

  Chauveau, Frédéric ^a,b   Piérard, Christophe ^b   Corio, Marc ^a   Célérier, Aurélie ^c   Christophe, Tronche ^a,b   Vouimba, Rose Marie ^a   Guillou, J L ^a   Béracochéa, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Glucocorticoids; Memory retrieval; Prefrontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IBOTENIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 67649668910     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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