Histamine H3 antagonist thioperamide dose-dependently enhances memory consolidation and reverses amnesia induced by dizocilpine or scopolamine in a one-trial inhibitory avoidance task in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 211-219

  Bernaerts, Pascale ^a   Lamberty, Yves ^b   Tirelli, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J mice; Consolidation; Dizocilpine; H3 antagonists inverse agonists; Histamine; Memory; MK 801; Passive inhibitory avoidance; Scopolamine; Thioperamide

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE; THIOPERAMIDE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; INJECTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SHOCK; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRAINING;

AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PIPERIDINES; REACTION TIME; SCOPOLAMINE;

EID: 4143094876     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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