Effects of nimodipine on learning in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-125

  Meneses, Alfredo ^a   Terrón, José A ^a   Ibarra, Maximiliano ^a   Hong, Enrique ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

aging; autoshaping task; hypertension; learning; nimodipine; rat

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NIMODIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031059592     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)87580-8     Document Type: Article

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