Transient hypobaric hypoxia improves spatial orientation in young rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-340

  Wittner, M ^a   Riha P ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Hypobaric hypoxia; Learning and memory; Spatial orientation; Stress; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 21844439274     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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