A single early-life seizure impairs short-term memory but does not alter spatial learning, recognition memory, or anxiety

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-592

  Cornejo, Brandon J ^a,b   Mesches, Michael H ^a,c,d   Benke, Timothy A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hippocampus; Kainite; Morris water maze; Neonate; Prefrontal cortex; Seizure; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEIZURE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEIZURES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 54049124584     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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