Hippocampal-Dependent spatial memory in the water maze is preserved in an experimental model of temporal lobe epilepsy in rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Inostroza, Marion ^a,d   Cid, Elena ^a   Brotons Mas, Jorge ^a   Gal, Beatriz ^a,b   Aivar, Paloma ^a   Uzcateg, Yoryani G ^a   Sandi, Carmen ^c   de la Prida, Liset Menendez ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL COUNT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; KAINIC ACID; MUSCARINIC AGENT; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NEURONS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960789804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022372     Document Type: Article

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