The effects of calcium channel antagonists on short- and long-term retention in mice using spontaneous alternation behavior

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-124

  Quartermain, David ^a   Garcia DeSoria, Victoria ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Calcium channel antagonists; Diltiazem; Long term memory; Mice; Nimodipine; Spontaneous alternation; Verapamil; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BENZOTHIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DILTIAZEM; NIMODIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034992189     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.2000.3981     Document Type: Article

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