Effect of bicuculline and angiotensin II fragment 3-7 on learning and memory processes in rats chronically treated with ethanol

Polish Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-22

  Kuziemka Łȩska, Magdalena ^a   Car, Halina ^a   Wiśniewski, Konstanty ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

A II 3 7; Alcohol; Behavior; Bicuculline; Learning; Memory; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANGIOTENSIN; BICUCULLINE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BICUCULLINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; GABA ANTAGONISTS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 2642703461     PISSN: 12306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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