Effect of modafinil on learning performance and neocortical long-term potentiation in rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 238-244

  Burgos, Héctor ^a,b   Castillo, Amparo ^a   Flores, Osvaldo ^c   Puentes, Gustavo ^c   Morgan, Carlos ^c   Gatica, Arnaldo ^c   Cofré, Christian ^d   Hernández, Alejandro ^e   Laurido, Claudio ^e   Constandil, Luis ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Long term potentiation; Modafinil; Operant conditioning; Prefrontal cortex; Rat; Visuo spatial memory

Indexed keywords

MODAFINIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77957660288     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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