The effect of carbenoxolone on spatial learning in the Morris water maze task in rats

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^a   Asl, Marjan Nassiri ^b   Parvardeh, Siavash ^b   Mansouri, Seyed Mohammad Tagi ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbenoxolone; Gap junction; Licorice; Morris water maze; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CARBENOXOLONE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 15944399971     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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