Memory-enhancing intra-basolateral amygdala clenbuterol infusion reduces post-burst afterhyperpolarizations in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons following inhibitory avoidance learning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-41

  Lovitz, E S ^a   Thompson, L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarizations; Amygdalo hippocampal circuitry; Beta agonist; Emotional memory; Medium AHPs; Slow AHPs

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ARC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLENBUTEROL;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; LONG EVANS RAT; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CLENBUTEROL; ELECTROSHOCK; MALE; MEMORY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84922358333     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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