Targeted activation of the hippocampal CA2 area strongly enhances social memory

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1137-1144

  Smith, A S ^a   Williams Avram, S K ^a   Cymerblit Sabba, A ^a   Song, J ^a   Young, W S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NELIVAPTAN; VASOPRESSIN ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN V1B RECEPTOR; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1B, MOUSE; ARGIPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECALL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL MEMORY; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CA2 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; OPTOGENETICS; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84953310456     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2015.189     Document Type: Article

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