Effects of early protein malnutrition and scopolamine on learning and memory in the Morris water maze

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 251-259

  Fukuda, M T H ^a   Francolin Silva A L ^a   Hernandes, A S ^a   Valadares, C T ^a   Almeida, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Learning; Morris water maze; Protein malnutrition; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 37849014218     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10284150701723818     Document Type: Article

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