The cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist SR141716A attenuates the memory impairment produced by Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol or anandamide

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-19

  Mallet, Paul E ^a,b   Beninger, Richard J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

9 tetrahydrocannabinol ( 9 THC); Cannabinoid; Conditional discrimination; Nandamide; Non match to position; Reference memory; SR 141716A; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DRONABINOL; RIMONABANT; AMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; DRUG RECEPTOR; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MEMORY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 0031593783     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050733     Document Type: Article

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