Systemic NMDA receptor antagonist CGP-40116 does not impair memory acquisition but protects against NMDA neurotoxicity in rhesus monkeys

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4041-4045

  Gutnikov, Sergei A ^a   Gaffan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CGP 37849; competitive NMDA receptor antagonists; episodic memory; excitatory amino acids; excitotoxicity; glutamate receptor pharmacology; ischemic brain damage; LTP; neuroprotection; NMDA receptor pharmacology; primates

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 METHYL 5 PHOSPHONO 3 PENTENOIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MONKEY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029935885     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-12-04041.1996     Document Type: Article

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