Nitrous oxide impairs selective stages of working memory in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-26

  Rabat, Arnaud ^a   Hardouin, Jeannine ^b   Courtière, Alain ^b  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^b Inst Med Navale Serv S Armees   (France)

Author keywords

Inert gas narcosis; Nitrous oxide; Object recognition task; Rat; Working memory

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NITROUS OXIDE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942607414     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.03.083     Document Type: Article

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