Effects of positive GABAA modulators on a multiple-component, repeated-acquisition test of spatial learning

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-75

  Keith, J R ^a   Pitts, R C ^a   Pezzuti, T ^a   Galizio, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Chlordiazepoxide; GABA agonist; Midazolam; Pentobarbital; Rat; Repeated acquisition; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RAT; STEADY STATE; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037325888     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200302000-00007     Document Type: Article

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