Normal spatial and contextual learning for ketamine-treated rats in the pilocarpine epilepsy model

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-119

  McKay, B E ^a,b   Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acepromazine; Contextual fear conditioning; Ketamine; Lithium pilocarpine epilepsy; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; KETAMINE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEAR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; KETAMINE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 2442707459     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.02.019     Document Type: Article

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