Studies on the influence of enriched-environment housing combined with systemic administration of an α2-adrenergic antagonist on spatial learning and hyperactivity after global ischemia in rats

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 623-631

  Puurunen, Kirsi ^b   Sirviö, Jouni ^c   Koistinaho, Jari ^c   Miettinen, Riitta ^c   Haapalinna, Antti ^a   Riekkinen Sr , Paavo ^c   Sivenius, Juhani ^c  

^a ORION CORPORATION   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

cerebral ischemia, global; hippocampus; memory; rats; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0030890454     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.3.623     Document Type: Article

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