Cooperation Between Memory Systems: Acetylcholine Release in the Amygdala Correlates Positively With Performance on a Hippocampus-Dependent Task.
The present experiment examined the relationship between release of acetylcholine (ACh) in the amygdala and performance on a hippocampus-dependent spatial working memory task. Using in vivo microdialysis, the authors measured ACh release in rats during testing on a spontaneous alternation task. Amyg...
| Publicado en: | Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 117; no. 2; pp. 320 - 327 |
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American Psychological Association
April 2003
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| Sumario: | The present experiment examined the relationship between release of acetylcholine (ACh) in the amygdala and performance on a hippocampus-dependent spatial working memory task. Using in vivo microdialysis, the authors measured ACh release in rats during testing on a spontaneous alternation task. Amygdala ACh release was positively correlated with performance on the hippocampus-dependent task. These findings suggest that activation of the amygdala promotes processing in other neural systems important for learning and memory. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. |
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