Nicotine improves morphine-induced impairment of memory: Possible involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the nucleus accumbens

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1118-1127

  Ahmadi, Shamseddin ^a   Zarrindast, Mohammad Reza ^b,c,d   Haeri Rohani, Ali ^a   Rezayof, Ameneh ^a   Nouri, Maryam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

^d INSTITUTE FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE STUDIES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Memory; MK 801; Nicotine; NMDA; Passive avoidance learning; Rat

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINE TARTRATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MORPHINE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NICOTINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 34548224248     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20456     Document Type: Article

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