Hippocampus and two-way active avoidance conditioning: Contrasting effects of cytotoxic lesion and temporary inactivation

Hippocampus

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1517-1531

  Wang, Jia ^a   Bast, Tobias ^b   Wang, Yu Cong ^a   Zhang, Wei Ning ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active avoidance learning; Excitotoxic hippocampal lesion; Muscimol; Temporary deactivation; Tetrodotoxin (TTX)

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DENTATE GYRUS; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; DRUG DIFFUSION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS; TWO-WAY ACTIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDWELLING CATHETER; MEMORY; MICROINJECTION; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ESCAPE REACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MICROINJECTIONS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCIMOL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RATS, WISTAR; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME;

EID: 84944083517     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22471     Document Type: Article

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