Acute behavioral effects of MK-801 in the mouse

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 701-711

  Brosnan Watters, G ^a   Wozniak, D F ^a   Nardi, A ^a   Olney, J W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Dizocillipine; Mice; MK 801; NMDA receptor antagonist; Sensorimotor; Spatial learning and memory

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029915390     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02073-X     Document Type: Article

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