The N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Co-agonist D-Cycloserine Facilitates Declarative Learning and Hippocampal Activity in Humans

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1205-1211

  Onur, Oezguer A ^a,b,g   Schlaepfer, Thomas E ^a,d   Kukolja, Juraj ^a,b,g   Bauer, Andreas ^b,e   Jeung, Haang ^a   Patin, Alexandra ^a   Otte, David Marian ^a   Shah, N Jon ^b,f   Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Kendrick, Keith M ^c   Fink, Gereon R ^b,g   Hurlemann, René ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancement; D cycloserine; declarative learning; fMRI; hippocampus; memory; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGONISTS; DRUG EFFECTS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CYCLOSERINE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 77952849225     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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