Effect of kindled seizures on rat behavior in water Morris maze test and amino acid concentrations in brain structures

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-82

  Szyndler, Janusz ^a   Piechal, Agnieszka ^a   Blecharz Klin, Kamilla ^a   Skórzewska, Anna ^b   Maciejak, Piotr ^a,b   Walkowiak, Jerzy ^b   Turzyńska, Danuta ^b   Bidziński, Andrzej ^b   Płaźnik, Adam ^a,b   Widy Tyszkiewicz, Ewa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Hippocampus; Kindled seizures; Morris water maze; Pentetrazole (PTZ)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PENTETRAZOLE; SERINE; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 33646201925     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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