Intrahippocampal administration of an NMDA-receptor antagonist impairs spatial discrimination reversal learning in weanling rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-98

  Watson, Deborah J ^a   Stanton, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hippocampus; MK 801; Rat; Reversal Learning; Spatial Learning

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETERIZATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349124769     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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