Facilitative effects of the ampakine CX516 on short-term mernory in rats: Enhancement of delayed-nonmatch-to-sample performance

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2740-2747

  Hampson, Robert E ^a   Rogers, Gary ^b   Lynch, Gary ^c   Deadwyler, Sam A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cortex Pharmaceuticals ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampakine; Behavior; Delay dependent memory; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Proactive interference

Indexed keywords

6 QUINOXALINECARBOXYLIC ACID PIPERIDIDE; AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0032053403     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-07-02740.1998     Document Type: Article

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