A single high dose of dizocilpine produces long-lasting impairment of the water maze performance in adult rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-142

  Lukoyanov, Nikolai V ^a   Paula Barbosa, Manuel M ^a  

^a Porto Medical School   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Learning and memory; MK 801; Neurotoxicity; Rats; Water maze

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWIMMING;

EID: 0034640154     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01053-3     Document Type: Article

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