Effects on early training and nicotine treatment on the performance of male NMRI mice in the water maze

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-317

  Vicens, Paloma ^a   Carrasco, M Carmen ^b   Redolat, Rosa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early practice; Male NMRI mice; Nicotine; Reference memory; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE TARTRATE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; AGING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGING; ANIMALS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS;

EID: 2942527646     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/NP.2003.303     Document Type: Article

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