D-cycloserine in the basolateral amygdala prevents extinction and enhances reconsolidation of odor-reward associative learning in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Portero Tresserra, Marta ^a   Martí Nicolovius, Margarita ^a   Guillazo Blanch, Gemma ^a   Boadas Vaello, Pere ^a   Vale Martínez, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

Author keywords

D cycloserine; Extinction; NMDA receptor; Olfactory discrimination; Reacquisition; Reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY MEMORY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REWARD; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CYCLOSERINE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEMORY; ODORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SMELL;

EID: 84871656008     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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