Gabapentin, A GABA analogue, enhances cognitive performance in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 492, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-128

  Celikyurt, Ipek Komsuoglu ^a   Mutlu, Oguz ^a   Ulak, Guner ^a   Akar, Furuzan Yildiz ^a   Erden, Faruk ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Memory; Mice; Modified elevated plus maze; Morris water maze; Passive avoidance

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MICE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79952071507     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.01.072     Document Type: Article

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