Prior non-spatial pretraining eliminates sensorimotor disturbances and impairments in water maze learning caused by diazepam

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-319

  Cain, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

benzodiazepines; benzodiazepines and sensorimotor disturbances; CGS8216; diazepam and sensorimotor disturbances; spatial learning

Indexed keywords

2 PHENYL 5H PYRAZOLO[4,3 C]QUINOLIN 3 ONE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EXPERIENCE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030935835     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050245     Document Type: Article

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