Interactions between brainstem noradrenergic neurons and the nucleus accumbens shell in modulating memory for emotionally arousing events

Learning and Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 405-413

  Kerfoot, Erin C ^a,b   Williams, Cedric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; WATER;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; DRUG INFUSION; EMOTION; FOOTSHOCK; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN STEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DARKNESS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEMORY; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79957622334     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.2108911     Document Type: Article

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