Effects of β-carboline alkaloids on the object recognition task in mice

Life Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2099-2104

  Moura, Dinara Jaqueline ^a   Rorig, Camile ^b   Vieira, Daiane Loss ^b   Henriques, João Antonio Pêgas ^a,c   Roesler, Rafael ^a   Saffi, Jenifer ^a,c   Boeira, Jane Marlei ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF FOOD ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta carboline alkaloids; Memory; Object recognition

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BETA CARBOLINE; CAS 149022 16 2; CAS 21655 84 5; CAS 6027 98 1; DIZOCILPINE; HARMALINE; HARMINE; HARMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; CARBOLINES; HARMALINE; HARMINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33749983405     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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