The ampakine, Org 26576, bolsters early spatial reference learning and retrieval in the Morris water maze: A subchronic, dose-ranging study in rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 662-667

  Hamlyn, Eugene ^a   Brand, Linda ^a   Shahid, Mohammed ^b   Harvey, Brian H ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Schering Plough Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; ampakine; cognition; learning; Morris water maze; Org 26576; rat; spatial reference memory

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; ORG 26576; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLICIT MEMORY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77957716183     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e328331ba1b     Document Type: Article

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