NC-1900, a [pGlu4,Cyt6]AVP(4-9) analogue, facilitates the learning performance of rats on delayed nonmatching to sample task in Y-water maze

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 567-573

  Hirano, Masuharu ^a   Hirate, Kenji ^a   Miyake, Norihisa ^a  

^a Nippon Chemiphar Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

AVP(4 9)analogue; Delayed nonmatching to sample task; NC 1900; Working memory; Y water maze

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN DERIVATIVE; NC 1900; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031593565     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.1998.20.7.485720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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