Acetyl-l-carnitine affects nonassociative learning processes in the leech Hirudo medicinalis

Neuroscience

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 931-939

  Ristori, C ^a   Cataldo, E ^a   Zaccardi, M L ^a   Traina, G ^b   Calvani, M ^c   Lombardo, P ^a   Scuri, R ^a   Brunelli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

carnitine system; dishabituation; leech; sensitization

Indexed keywords

LEVACECARNINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; GANGLION; HABITUATION; LEARNING; LEECH; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SWIMMING;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; LEARNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751021127     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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