Relative potency and effectiveness of flunitrazepam, ethanol, and beta-CCE for disrupting the acquisition and retention of response sequences in rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-44

  Leonard, Stuart T ^a   Gerak, Lisa R ^a   Delatte, Marcus S ^a   Moerschbaecher, Joseph M ^a   Winsauer, Peter J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethyl carboline 3 carboxylate; Flunitrazepam; Learning and memory; Rat; Repeated acquisition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FLUNITRAZEPAM; BETA-CARBOLINE-3-CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS RAT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBOLINES; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 61449243751     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e3283242f2d     Document Type: Article

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