Effect of valproic acid and environmental enrichment on behavioral functions in rats

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 471-478

  Kus, Krzysztof ^a   Burda, Kinga ^a   Nowakowska, Elzbieta ^a   Czubak, Anna ^a   Metelska, Jana ^a   Łancucki, Michał ^a   Brodowska, Karolina ^a   Nowakowska, Anna ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; CAS 77372 61 3; Enriched environment; Spatial memory; Valproic acid, antidepressant effect

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EPILEPSY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SWIMMING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWIMMING; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 77956375496     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1296314     Document Type: Article

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