Effects of NMDA receptor antagonists on olfactory learning and memory in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-197

  Si, Aung ^a   Helliwell, Paul ^a   Maleszka, Ryszard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Glutamate; Long term memory; Memantine; MK 801; Mushroom bodies; Proboscis conditioning

Indexed keywords

2,4 PYRROLIDINEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642493766     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2003.09.023     Document Type: Article

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