Memory-Enhancing Amygdala Stimulation Elicits Gamma Synchrony in the Hippocampus

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 244-256

  Bass, David I ^a   Manns, Joseph R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Coherence; Gamma; Hippocampus; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG EVANS RAT; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GAMMA RHYTHM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84930398079     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bne0000052     Document Type: Article

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