Chronic, post-injury administration of D-cycloserine, an NMDA partial agonist, enhances cognitive performance following experimental brain injury

Brain Research

Volumn 741, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 246-251

  Temple, Meredith D ^a   Hamm, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D cycloserine; glycine site; memory; Morris water maze; N methyl D aspartate; rat; treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; CYCLOSERINE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030602078     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00940-7     Document Type: Article

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