Piracetam and fipexide prevent PTZ-kindling-provoked amnesia in rats

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-290

  Genkova Papazova, Maria G ^a   Lazarova Bakarova, Maria B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

active avoidance; inhibitory avoidance; learning; memory; nootropic drugs; PTZ kindling

Indexed keywords

FIPEXIDE; PENTETRAZOLE; PIRACETAM;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EPILEPSY; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMNESIA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PIPERAZINES; PIRACETAM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030292615     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(96)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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