Continuous blockade of brain mineralocorticoid receptors impairs spatial learning in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-48

  Yau, Joyce L W ^a   Noble, June ^a   Seckl, Jonathan R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Spatial memory; Spironolactone; Watermaze

Indexed keywords

MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPIRONOLACTONE;

EID: 0032708515     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00858-7     Document Type: Article

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