Rats with scopolamine- or MK-801-induced spatial discrimination deficits in the cone field task: Animal models for impaired spatial orientation performance

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-346

  Bouger, Pascale C M ^a   Van Der Staay, F Josef ^a,b  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cone field; Dizocilpine; MK 801; Rat; Scopolamine; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; RELIABILITY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 16844364549     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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