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Effects of complete immunotoxin lesions of the cholinergic basal forebrain on fear conditioning and spatial learning.

Frick KM, Jeansok JK, Baxter MG (2004) Effects of complete immunotoxin lesions of the cholinergic basal forebrain on fear conditioning and spatial learning. Hippocampus 14:244-254. doi: 10.1002/hipo.10169

Summary: The authors examined the hypothesis that basal forebrain cholinergic neurons are critical for acquisition and consolidation of fear conditioning by lesioning the medial septum/vertical limb of the diagonal band, the horizontal limb of the diagonal band of Broca, and the nucleus basalis magnocellularis of rats with 192-Saporin (Cat. #IT-01). The lesions did not impair contextual fear conditioning, implying that impairments induced by scopolamine may not be mediated by cholinergic input to the hippocampus and neocortex.

Related Products: 192-IgG-SAP (Cat. #IT-01)

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