Effects of social isolation rearing on learning in the Morris water maze

Brain Research

Volumn 715, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Wongwitdecha, Noppamars ^b   Marsden, Charles Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

isolation rearing; learning; Morris water maze; rat; scopolamine

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029927586     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01578-7     Document Type: Article

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