Positive impact of levetiracetam on emotional learning and memory in naive mice

Life Sciences

Volumn 90, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 185-189

  Celikyurt, Ipek Komsuoglu ^a   Ulak, Guner ^a   Mutlu, Oguz ^a   Akar, Furuzan Yildiz ^a   Mulayim, Serap ^a   Erden, Faruk ^a   Komsuoglu, Sezer Sener ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Levetiracetam; Mice; Morris water maze; Passive avoidance

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PIRACETAM; REACTION TIME;

MUS;

EID: 84856085684     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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