Effects of the putative cognitive-enhancing ampakine, CX717, on attention and object recognition memory

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 876-882

  Zheng, Yiwen ^a   Balabhadrapatruni, Sangeeta ^a   Masumura, Chisako ^a   Darlington, Cynthia L ^a   Smith, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ampakines; Cognitive dysfunction; Nootropic drugs; Rats; Vestibular lesions

Indexed keywords

CX 717; NOOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 82055176903     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: 18755828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720511798192709     Document Type: Article

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