Effects of citalopram on learning and memory in the mouse and rat

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-29

  Naghdi, Nasser ^a   Majlessi, Nahid ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Citalopram; Serotonin; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949110178     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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