Nefiracetam improves Morris water maze performance following traumatic brain injury in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 611-616

  DeFord, S ^a   Wilson, Margaret S ^a   Gibson, Cynthia J ^a   Baranova, Anya ^a   Hamm, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cognitive recovery; Fluid percussion; Morris water maze; Nefiracetam; Rats; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

NEFIRACETAM; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERCUSSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PYRROLIDINONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034879084     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(01)00559-7     Document Type: Article

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