The involvement of the polyamines binding sites at the NMDA receptor in creatine-induced spatial learning enhancement

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 200-204

  Oliveira, Mauro Schneider ^b,c   Furian, Ana Flávia ^b,c   Fighera, Michele Rechia ^a,c   Fiorenza, Natália Gindri ^c   Ferreira, Juliano ^d   Rubin, Maribel Antonello ^d   Mello, Carlos Fernando ^c   Royes, Luiz Fernando Freire ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Ciencias da Sau   (Brazil)

^d Departamento de Química   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Creatine; Hippocampus; NMDA; Polyamines; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ARCAINE; CREATINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POLYAMINE; SPERMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERROR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BIGUANIDES; BINDING SITES; CREATINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICROINJECTIONS; POLYAMINES; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPERMIDINE; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 36749068337     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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