Cholinergic transmission in the dorsal hippocampus modulates trace but not delay fear conditioning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-213

  Pang, Min Hee ^a   Kim, Nam Soo ^a   Kim, Il Hwan ^b   Kim, Hyun ^b   Kim, Hyun Taek ^a   Choi, June Seek ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholinergic system; ERK; Hippocampus; Scopolamine; Trace fear conditioning

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SCOPOLAMINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COGNITION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 77955562543     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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