2,4-Dithiobiuret in rats: Cognitive facilitation after acute injection precedes motor impairment after repeated daily injections

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-279

  Bushnell, Philip J ^a   Oshiro, Wendy M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 Dithiobiuret; Cognitive facilitation; Motor impairment; Rat

Indexed keywords

DITHIOBIURET; DIZOCILPINE; SCOPOLAMINE; UREA DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACILITATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; THIOUREA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030068365     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246581     Document Type: Article

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