Publication Date:
1983-04-15
Description:
Hippocampal ablation has no effect on the acquisition of the rabbit's classically conditioned nictitating membrane response. Systemic administration of scopolamine, which alters hippocampal neuronal activity, severely retards acquisition of the conditioned response in normal animals and those with cortical ablations. In animals with hippocampal ablations, however, scopolamine has no effect on conditioning. These findings suggest that altered neuronal activity in the hippocampus is more detrimental to conditioning than removing the structure.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Solomon, P R -- Solomon, S D -- Schaaf, E V -- Perry, H E -- MH33381/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Apr 15;220(4594):329-31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6836277" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Conditioning, Classical/drug effects/*physiology
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Female
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Hippocampus/drug effects/*physiology
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Male
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Nictitating Membrane/physiology
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Rabbits
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Scopolamine Hydrobromide/pharmacology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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