D-cycloserine, a partial agonist at the glycine site coupled to N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, improves visual recognition memory in rhesus monkeys

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 891-897

  Matsuoka, Nobuya ^a,b   Aigner, Thomas G ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 1 HYDROXY 2 PYRROLIDINONE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSERINE; DIZOCILPINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PARTIAL AGONIST; SCOPOLAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CYCLOSERINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCINE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0030436895     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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