Differential acetylcholine release in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus during pavlovian trace and delay conditioning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-191

  Melissa Flesher, M ^a   Butt, Allen E ^b   Kinney Hurd, Brandee L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cholinergic system; Medial septal area; Microdialysis; Nucleus basalis magnocellularis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAY CONDITIONING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PAVLOVIAN TRACE CONDITIONING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 79960836678     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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