Role of medial prefrontal NMDA receptors in spatial delayed alternation in 19-, 26-, and 33-day-old rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 583-591

  Jablonski, Sarah A ^a   Watson, Deborah J ^a   Stanton, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

MK 801; Ontogeny; Prefrontal cortex; Rat; T maze; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MAZE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 77956912475     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20465     Document Type: Article

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