Effects of pentylenetetrazol-induced brief convulsive seizures on spatial memory and fear memory

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-444

  Mao, Rong Rong ^a,b   Tian, Meng ^a,b   Yang, Yue Xiong ^a,b   Zhou, Qi Xin ^a,b   Xu, Lin ^a,b,c   Cao, Jun ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Brief seizures; Consolidation; Contextual fear conditioning; Morris water maze; Pentylenetetrazol

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EPILEPSY; FEAR; KINDLING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; FEAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 67849106365     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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