Animal models for testing memory

Asia Pacific Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-120

  Parle, M ^a   Singh, N ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Inositol; Phosphatidylinositol; Phospholipase; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; SCOPOLAMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HYPOXIA; JUMPING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 12344333329     PISSN: 02179687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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