Methylphenidate improves spatial memory of spontaneously hypertensive rats: Evidence in behavioral and ultrastructural changes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 461, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-109

  Tian, Yuan ^a   Wang, Yaping ^a   Deng, Yongning ^a   Maeda, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Methylphenidate (MPD); Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR); Synaptic plasticity; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; METHYLPHENIDATE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; REACTION TIME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 67649647894     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.05.080     Document Type: Article

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