Intraseptal flumazenil enhances, while diazepam binding inhibitor impairs, performance in a working memory task

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-352

  Herzog, Christopher D ^a   Stackman, Robert W ^a,b   Walsh, Thomas J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0030296690     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.0074     Document Type: Article

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