Intraseptal infusions of a low dose of AP5, a NMDA receptor antagonist, improves memory in an object recognition task in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-186

  Puma, Carole ^a   Bizot, Jean Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

Author keywords

Acquisition; AP5; Consolidation; N Methyl D aspartate; Object recognition; Rat; Restitution; Septum

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; WORKING MEMORY;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MICROINJECTIONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0032486366     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00358-9     Document Type: Article

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