Consequences of Pentylenetetrazole Kindling on Spatial Memory and Emotional Responding in the Rat

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 256-261

  Lamberty, Yves ^a   Klitgaard, Henrik ^a  

^a UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pentylenetetrazole kindling; Morris water maze; Y maze; elevated plus maze; learning and memory; anxiolytic effect; spatial learning; spontaneous alternation; rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009973135     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2000.0085     Document Type: Article

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