Effects of chronic alcohol consumption on spatial reference and working memory tasks

Alcohol

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-159

  Santin L J ^a   Rubio, S ^b   Begega, A ^b   Arias, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic ethanol consumption; Rats; Spatial memory; Water Maze

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CUES; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034088079     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(99)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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