Neurotransmitter release during delay eyeblink classical conditioning: Role of norepinephrine in consolidation and effect of age

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-282

  Paredes, D A ^a   Cartford, M C ^a,b   Catlow, B J ^c   Samec, A ^a,b   Avilas, M ^a,b   George, A ^a,b   Schlunck, A ^a,b   Small, B ^c   Bickford, P C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Research Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebellum; Classical conditioning; Consolidation; Eyeblink; GABA; Glutamate; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ADRENALIN RELEASE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EYELID REFLEX; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGING; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, EYELID; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69349102268     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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