Apamin improves learning in an object recognition task in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-162

  Deschaux, O ^a   Bizot, J C ^a   Goyffon, M ^b  

^a Ariane Group   (France)

^b LERAI   (France)

Author keywords

Apamin; Learning; Memory; Object recognition; Rat; Toxin

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APAMIN; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; LEARNING; MALE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031050275     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13367-5     Document Type: Article

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