Behavioral differences on memory retrieval between two variants of step-through inhibitory avoidance task in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 444, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-105

  Blake, Mariano G ^a   Boccia, Mariano M ^a   Baratti, Carlos M ^a  

^a Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquimica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Inhibitory avoidance; Memory retrieval; Mice; Picrotoxin

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIAZEPAM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROSHOCK; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MICE; PICROTOXIN; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 50849099798     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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