Short communication: Nociceptin/orphanin FQ microinjected into hippocampus impairs spatial learning in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 194-197

  Sandin, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Locomotion; Memory; Opioid; ORL1 receptor; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

NOCICEPTIN; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SWIMMING; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

EID: 0031050078     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01367.x     Document Type: Article

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