Administration of midazolam in infancy does not affect learning and memory of adult mice

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1144-1148

  Xu, Hua ^a   Liu, Zhi Qiang ^b   Liu, Yi ^a   Zhang, Wei Shi ^a   Xu, Bo ^a   Xiong, Yuan Chang ^a   Deng, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Learning and memory; Midazolam; Novel object recognition; Passive avoidance test; Water maze

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INFANCY; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; VELOCITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LEARNING; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MIDAZOLAM; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 72149108769     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05208.x     Document Type: Article

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