Effects of extended electrical kindling on exploratory behavior and spatial learning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 179-190

  Cammisuli, Sam ^a   Murphy, Michael P ^a   Ikeda Douglas, Candace J ^a   Vidya Balkissoon, ^a   Damian Holsinger, R M ^a   Head, Elizabeth ^a   Michalakis Michael, ^a   Racine, Ron J ^b   Milgram, Norton W ^a  

^a Dept Psychol Scarborough C   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Epilepsy; Exploratory behavior; Kindling; Perforant path; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; KINDLING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS;

EID: 0031422511     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00059-4     Document Type: Article

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