Effect of apamin, a selective blocker of Ca2+-activated K+-channel, on habituation and passive avoidance responses in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-60

  Deschaux, O ^a   Bizot, J C ^a  

^a Service de Pharmacologie   (France)

Author keywords

Apamin; Habituation; Locomotor activity; Passive avoidance; Rat

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; CHANNEL GATING; HABITUATION; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APAMIN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CALCIUM; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030957161     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00301-7     Document Type: Article

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