Synaptic plasticity from amygdala to perirhinal cortex: A possible mechanism for emotional enhancement of visual recognition memory?

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2421-2427

  Perugini, Alessandra ^a,b,d   Laing, Michael ^a   Berretta, Nicola ^c   Aicardi, Giorgio ^b   Bashir, Zafar I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptors; Isoprenaline; L type channels; LTP

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROPRANOLOL; VERAPAMIL; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL MEMORY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865325651     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08146.x     Document Type: Article

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