Role of melatonin in spatial learning and memory in rats and its mechanism

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-70

  Feng, Yin ^a   Zhang, Lie Xiong ^b   Chao, Dong Man ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Long term potentiation; Melatonin; Scopolamine; Spatial learning and memory

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; MELATONIN; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCOPOLAMINE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0040673522     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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