Associative learning performance is impaired in zebrafish (Danio rerio) by the NMDA-R antagonist MK-801

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-237

  Sison, Margarette ^a   Gerlai, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Consolidation; Learning and memory; MK 801 dizocilpine; NMDA R; Recall; Visual discrimination; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 79960843687     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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