Rho-associated kinase in the gustatory cortex is involved in conditioned taste aversion memory formation but not in memory retrieval or relearning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Sweetat, Sahar ^a   Rosenblum, Kobi ^a   Lamprecht, Raphael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; Insular cortex; Long term memory; Rho associated kinase

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GUSTATORY CORTEX; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LATENT INHIBITION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECALL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE AVERSION;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; MALE; MEMORY; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; TASTE;

EID: 84155186542     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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