Instrumental learning within the spinal cord: VI: The NMDA receptor antagonist, AP5, disrupts the acquisition and maintenance of an acquired flexion response

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 431-438

  Joynes, Robin L ^a   Janjua, Kamran ^b   Grau, James W ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental learning; NMDA receptor antagonist; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FLEXOR REFLEX; HINDLIMB; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROSHOCK; HINDLIMB; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 4143118796     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.03.030     Document Type: Article

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