Metrifonate improves working but not reference memory performance in a spatial cone field task

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 380, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 61-65

  Prickaerts, Jos ^a   Honig, Wiel ^a   Schmidt, Bernard H ^b   Blokland, Arjan ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Toxicology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone field; Memory; Metrifonate; Rat; Spatial

Indexed keywords

METRIFONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRICHLORFON;

EID: 0032837003     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00565-8     Document Type: Article

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