Microinfusions of neurotensin antagonist SR 48692 within the nucleus accumbens core impair spatial learning in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1093-1102

  Tirado Santiago, Giovanni ^a   Lázaro Muñoz, Gabriel ^a   Rodrí guez González, Viviana ^a   Maldonado Vlaar, Carmen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Food search task; Neurotensin; Nucleus accumbens; Spatial learning; SR 48692

Indexed keywords

2 [[1 (7 CHLORO 4 QUINOLINYL) 5 (2,6 DIMETHOXYPHENYL) 3 PYRAZOLYL]CARBONYLAMINO] 2 ADAMANTANECARBOXYLIC ACID; NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROINFUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EATING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTENSIN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORIENTATION; PYRAZOLES; QUINOLINES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, NEUROTENSIN;

EID: 33750083904     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.5.1093     Document Type: Article

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