The neuropharmacological and neurochemical basis of place learning in the Morris water maze

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 33-49

  McNamara, Robert K ^a   Skelton, Ronald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Benzodiazepine; Cue learning; Dopamine; Ethanol; Glutamate; Morris water maze; N Methyl d aspartate; Noradrenaline; Opioid; Peptide; Place learning; Place recall; Serotonin; Somatostatin; Toxicity; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

2 PHENYL 5H PYRAZOLO[4,3 C]QUINOLIN 3 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DIZOCILPINE; FLUMAZENIL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; OPIATE; OXOTREMORINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SCOPOLAMINE; SOMATOSTATIN; TACRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEROTONIN; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027471273     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0173(93)90006-L     Document Type: Review

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