Antiamnesic effect of metoprine and of selective histamine H1 receptor agonists in a modified mouse passive avoidance test

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Malmberg Aiello, Petra ^a   Ipponi, Alessandra ^a   Bartolini, Alessandro ^a   Schunack, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 (3 Trifluoromethylphenyl)histamine; 2 Thiazolylethylamine; Histamine H1 receptors; Histamine N methyltransferase inhibitor; Memory; Metoprine; Passive avoidance test; Pyrilamine

Indexed keywords

2 (2 THIAZOLYL)ETHYLAMINE; 2 (3 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL)HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MEPYRAMINE; METODICLOROFEN; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PIRACETAM; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; HISTAMINE METABOLISM; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNESIA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE AGONISTS; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HISTAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PIRACETAM; PYRILAMINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H1; SCOPOLAMINE; THIAZOLES;

EID: 0034617357     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01176-9     Document Type: Article

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