Dorsal hippocampus is necessary for novel learning but sufficient for subsequent similar learning

Hippocampus

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2157-2170

  Wang, Szu Han ^a,b   Finnie, Peter S B ^a   Hardt, Oliver ^a   Nader, Karim ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consolidation; GABA receptor agonist; NMDA receptor antagonist; Protein synthesis inhibition; Voltage dependent calcium channel blocker

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FEAR; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; AMNESIA; ANIMALS; ANISOMYCIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GABA AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MUSCIMOL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERAPAMIL;

EID: 84867742510     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22036     Document Type: Article

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