Post-training intrabasolateral amygdala infusions of dopamine modulate consolidation of inhibitory avoidance memory: Involvement of noradrenergic and cholinergic system

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2804-2810

  LaLumiere, Ryan T ^a   Nguyen, Linda T ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; D1; D2; Emotion; Fear; Learning; Muscarinic; Norepinephrine; Rat

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; ACETYLCHOLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUPENTIXOL; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NORADRENALIN; SULPIRIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HISTOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAINING;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 9644272555     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03744.x     Document Type: Article

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