Detailed behavioral analysis of water maze acquisition under APV or CNQX: Contribution of sensorimotor disturbances to drug-induced acquisition deficits

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 86-102

  Cain, Donald Peter ^a   Saucier, Deborah ^a   Hall, Jeff ^a   Hargreaves, Eric L ^a,b   Boon, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY STIMULATION;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESCAPE REACTION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030057656     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.1.86     Document Type: Article

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