Effects of chronic cocaine administration on spatial learning and hippocampal spine density in two genetically different strains of rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 491-497

  Fole, Alberto ^a   González Martín, Carmen ^a,b   Huarte, Carla ^a   Alguacil, Luis Fernando ^a,b   Ambrosio, Emilio ^c   Olmo, Nuria Del ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CIUDAD REAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eight arm radial maze; Genetic vulnerability; Hippocampus; Morphology; Plasticity; Spatial learning and memory; Spine density

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC STRAIN; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPINE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955468863     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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