Intra-amygdala spermidine administration improves inhibitory avoidance performance in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 423, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-39

  Rubin, Maribel A ^a   Stiegemeier, Juliano A ^a   Volkweis, Márcio A ^a   Oliveira, Denise M ^a   Fenili, Ana C ^a   Boemo, Rafael L ^a   Jurach, Alexandre ^a   Mello, Carlos F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Arcaine; Learning; Memory; Polyamine; Spermidine

Indexed keywords

ARCAINE; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; SPERMIDINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIGUANIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMIDINE;

EID: 0035967939     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)01061-5     Document Type: Article

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