Differential effects of cannabinoid receptor agonist on social discrimination and contextual fear in amygdala and hippocampus

Learning and Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 254-259

  Segev, Amir ^a   Akirav, Irit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WIN 55 212 2;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZOXAZINES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; PREJUDICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID;

EID: 79953205192     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.2110511     Document Type: Article

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