Some Antiepileptic Compounds Impair Learning by Rats in a Morris Water Maze

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-103

  Churchill, James D ^b   Fang, Pei Chun ^b   Voss, Steven E ^b   Besheer, Joyce ^b   Herron, Annette L ^b   Garraghty, Preston E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0141726515     PISSN: 1053881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02688828     Document Type: Article

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