Water T-maze, an improved method to assess spatial working memory in rats: Pharmacological validation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 422, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-216

  Locchi, Federica ^a   Dall'Olio, Rossella ^a   Gandolfi, Ottavio ^a   Rimondini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

MK 801; Rat; Scopolamine; Water T maze; Working memory

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 6 (PHENYLETHYNYL)PYRIDINE; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SCOPOLAMINE;

EID: 34447528718     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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