The neurosteroid pregnenolone sulfate reduces learning deficits induced by scopolamine and has promnestic effects in mice performing an appetitive learning task

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-330

  Meziane, H ^a   Mathis, C ^a   Paul, S M ^b   Ungerer, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; GABA(A) receptor; Go No Go visual discrimination; Memory; Mice; NMDA receptor; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; SCOPOLAMINE; STEROID;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FOOD INTAKE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0029816478     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02247383     Document Type: Article

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