Nimodipine ameliorates impaired eyeblink classical conditioning in older rabbits in the long-delay paradigm

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 641-649

  Woodruff Pak, D S ^a,b   Chi, J ^b   Li, Y T ^a,b   Pak, M H ^b   Fanelli, R J ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLISHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Calcium channel blocker; Classical conditioning; Hippocampus; Learning; Nictitating membrane; Nimodipine aging; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RABBIT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLINKING; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NIMODIPINE; RABBITS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0031440589     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(97)00159-0     Document Type: Article

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