Dietary cholesterol degrades rabbit long term memory for discrimination learning but facilitates acquisition of discrimination reversal

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 238-245

  Schreurs, Bernard G ^a,b   Smith Bell, Carrie A ^a,b   Wang, Desheng ^a,b   Burhans, Lauren B ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Classical conditioning; Discrimination; Discrimination reversal; Long term memory; Memory; Nictitating membrane response; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COPPER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

CHOLESTEROL; CLASSICAL CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION; DISCRIMINATION REVERSAL; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; NICTITATING MEMBRANE RESPONSE; RABBIT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; RABBITS; REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 84885392804     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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