Piracetam counteracts the effects of amitriptyline on inhibitory avoidance in CD1 mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-242

  Everss, Estrella ^a   Arenas, M Carmen ^a   Vinader Caerols, Concepción ^a   Monleón, Santiago ^a   Parra, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Antidepressants; Elevated plus maze; Inhibitory avoidance; Mice; Nootropics; Piracetam; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; PIRACETAM;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INHIBITION KINETICS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 16244409239     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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