Guddens ventral tegmental nucleus is vital for memory: Re-evaluating diencephalic inputs for amnesia

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2372-2384

  Vann, Seralynne D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Dorsal tegmental nucleus; Mammillary body; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACETYLCHOLINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT STRAIN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMNESIA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 71549141001     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp175     Document Type: Article

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