Chronic corticosterone impairs memory performance in the Barnes maze

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 933-937

  McLay, Robert N ^a,b   Freeman, Scott M ^a   Zadina, James E ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnes maze; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoids; Maze learning Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS;

EID: 18244421615     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00529-5     Document Type: Article

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