D-Cycloserine causes transient enhancement of memory for a weak aversive stimulus in day-old chicks (Gallus domesticus)

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 236-240

  Steele, Robert J ^a   Dermon, Catherine R ^b   Stewart, Michael G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR AGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RECALL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TRAINING;

EID: 0030238292     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.0064     Document Type: Article

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