Effects of citalopram on cognitive performance in passive avoidance, elevated plus-maze and three-panel runway tasks in naïve rats

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-46

  Mutlu, Oguz ^a   Ulak, Guner ^a   Çelikyurt, Ipek Komsuoglu ^a   Akar, Firuzan Yildiz ^a   Erden, Faruk ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Citalopram; Elevated plus maze; Learning memory; Passive avoidance; Three panel runway

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTIONALITY; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 79955494105     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4077/CJP.2011.AMK077     Document Type: Article

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