Intra-septal infusions of glucose potentiate inhibitory avoidance deficits when co-infused with GABA agonist muscimol

Brain Research

Volumn 745, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Parent, Marise B ^a,b   Gold, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucose; Inhibitory avoidance; Medial septum; Memory; Muscimol; Aminobutyric acid (GABA)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUCOSE; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031025508     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01206-1     Document Type: Article

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