CGP 36 742, an orally active GABAB receptor antagonist, facilitates memory in a social recognition test in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 227-229

  Mondadori, Cesare ^a,b   Moebius, Hans Joerg ^a   Zingg, Margrit ^a  

^a CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

CGP 36 742; GABAB; Memory; Rat; Social recognition

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYLBUTYLPHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; (3 AMINOPROPYL)(N BUTYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; (3-AMINOPROPYL)(N-BUTYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; RECALL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA ANTAGONISTS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029665061     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00226-X     Document Type: Article

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