Spatial performance is more sensitive to ethanol than nonspatial performance regardless of cue proximity

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2102-2107

  White, Aaron M ^a   Elek, Tracy M ^a   Beltz, Tamie L ^a   Best, Phillip J ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Maze; Memory; Nonspatial; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ETHANOL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032407330     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-199812000-00029     Document Type: Article

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