Effect of MPEP in Morris water maze in adult and old rats

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-93

  Car, Halina ^a   Stefaniuk, Radosław ^a   Wiśniewska, Róza J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adult rats; Morris water maze; MPEP; Old rats

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 6 (PHENYLETHYNYL)PYRIDINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

EID: 34047174158     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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