Apamin improves spatial navigation in medial septal-lesioned mice

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-21

  Ikonen, Sami ^a   Schmidt, Bernard ^b   Riekkinen Jr , Paavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b CNS Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Mouse); Apamin; Ca2+ dependent; K+ channel; Medial; Memory; Reversal learning; Septal lesion; Spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

APAMIN;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; APAMIN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 0032540183     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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