Simvastatin impairs spatial memory in rats at a specific dose level

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-349

  Baytan, Sukrucan H ^a   Alkanat, Mehmet ^a   Okuyan, Mukadder ^a   Ekinci, Murat ^a   Gedikli, Eyup ^a   Ozeren, Mehmet ^a   Akgun, Ahmet ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Barnes maze; Behavior; Brain; Locomotor; Statins

Indexed keywords

SIMVASTATIN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIMVASTATIN; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 44449120224     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.214.341     Document Type: Article

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