The amnesic effect of intra-central amygdala administration of a cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonist, WIN55,212-2, is mediated by a beta-1 noradrenergic system in rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 212, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-85

  Zarrindast, M R ^a,b,c,d   Ghiasvand, M ^a   Rezayof, A ^e   Ahmadi, S ^f  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Institute for Cognitive Science Studies   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Atenolol; Cannabinoid receptor; Central amygdala; Isoprenaline; Rat

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ATENOLOL; ISOPRENALINE; ISOPROTENOLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; INTRACENTRAL AMYGDALA ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMNESIA; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BENZOXAZINES; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR MODULATORS; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1;

EID: 84861693103     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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