Dissociation of the roles of NMDA receptor and hippocampus in rats' spatial learning: The effects of environmental familiarity and task familiarity

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 163-173

  Uekita, Tomoko ^a   Okaichi, Yoko ^a   Okaichi, Hiroshige ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental familiarity; Hippocampus; MK 801; Spatial learning; Task familiarity; Water maze

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 33646423008     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2006.17.1-2.163     Document Type: Article

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