Impairments in water maze learning of aged rats that received dextromethorphan repeatedly during adolescent period

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 171-179

  Zhang, Tie Yuan ^a   Cho, Hee Jeong ^a   Lee, Seoul ^b   Lee, Jong Ho ^c   Choi, Si Ho ^a   Ryu, Vitaly ^c   Yoo, Sang Bae ^a,c   Lee, Joo Young ^a   Kim, Dong Goo ^a   Jahng, Jeong Won ^a,c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c School of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abuse; Hippocampus; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Learning and memory; N methyl D aspartate receptors; Water maze

Indexed keywords

DEXTROMETHORPHAN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENCE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSAL LEARNING; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847166131     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0548-3     Document Type: Article

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