Medial prefrontal administration of MK-801 impairs T-maze discrimination reversal learning in weanling rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-66

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; MK 801; Prelimbic cortex; Rat; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSAL LEARNING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349267510     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.07.026     Document Type: Article

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