Effects of selective NMDA and non-NMDA blockade in the nucleus accumbens on the plus-maze test

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-224

  Martínez, Gabriel ^a   Ropero, Claudia ^a   Funes, Andrea ^b   Flores, Erica ^a   Blotta, Carina ^a   Landa, Adriana I ^a   Gargiulo, Pascual A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Affective flatness; Anxiety; NMDA glutamatergic transmission; Nucleus accumbens; Perception; Plus maze; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROOMING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036606961     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00704-7     Document Type: Article

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