Enhancement of spatial learning by predator odor in mice: Involvement of amygdala and hippocampus

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-202

  Galliot, Emmanuel ^a   Levaillant, Maryline ^a   Beard, Elidie ^a   Millot, Jean Louis ^a   Pourié, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; Mice; Predator odor; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

IBOTENIC ACID; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDATOR; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IBOTENIC ACID; LEARNING; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROTOXINS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76949084764     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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