Effect of chronic stress on spatial memory in rats is attenuated by lithium treatment

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-149

  Vasconcellos, A P S ^a   Tabajara, A S ^a   Ferrari, C ^a   Rocha, E ^a   Dalmaz, C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic lithium; Chronic stress; Memory; Neuroprotection; Water maze

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0038433246     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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