Tolerance development to Morris water maze test impairments induced by acute allopregnanolone

Neuroscience

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 651-659

  Türkmen, Ş ^a   Lofgren M ^a   Birzniece, V ^a   Backstrom T ^a   Johansson, I M ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

behavioral tolerance; GABA A receptor; learning and memory; Morris water maze; neurosteroid; rat

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG TOLERANCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645852277     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.12.031     Document Type: Article

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