Spatial memory impairment induced by lesion of the mesohippocampal dopaminergic system in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1037-1044

  Gasbarri, A ^a   Sulli, A ^a   Innocenzi, R ^a   Pacitti, C ^a   Brioni, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine; Inhibitory avoidance; Morris water maze; Retrorubral field; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

OXIDOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0030271805     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00202-3     Document Type: Article

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