Elevated T-maze evaluation of anxiety and memory effects of NMDA/glycine-B site ligands injected into the dorsal periaqueductal gray matter and the superior colliculus of rats

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-212

  Santos, Patrícia ^a   Bittencourt, Athelson S ^b   Schenberg, Luiz C ^b   Carobrez, Antonio P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

7 Chloro kynurenic acid; D Serine; GLY B site; Glycine; N Methyl d aspartate; Periaqueductal gray; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

7 CHLOROKYNURENIC ACID; DEXTRO SERINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE B RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING SITE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROINJECTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; GLYCINE; KYNURENIC ACID; LIGANDS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROINJECTIONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SERINE; STEREOISOMERISM; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 33745947393     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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