Activation of cannabinoid CB1 receptors in the central amygdala impairs inhibitory avoidance memory consolidation via NMDA receptors

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-338

  Ghiasvand, Maryam ^a   Rezayof, Ameneh ^b   Zarrindast, Mohammad Reza ^a,c,d,e,f   Ahmadi, Shamseddin ^g  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE STUDIES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

ACPA; Central amygdala; D AP5; Memory consolidation; NMDA; Rat

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; ARACHYDONILCYCLOPROPYLAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOXICITY TESTING;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; AMNESIA; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 79960837687     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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