Effects of isoflurane on learning and memory functions of wild-type and glutamate transporter type 3 knockout mice

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 302-307

  Lee, Sunam ^a,b   Park, Sang Hon ^a,c   Zuo, Zhiyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

glutamate transporters; isoflurane; learning; memory; mice

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; ISOFLURANE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER TYPE 3 GENE; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILD TYPE;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; FEMALE; ISOFLURANE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84855450893     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: 20427158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.2011.01404.x     Document Type: Article

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