Memantine facilitates memory consolidation and reconsolidation in the day-old chick

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-385

  Samartgis, Jodi R ^a   Schachte, Leslie ^a   Hazi, Agnes ^a   Crowe, Simon F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Day old chick; Memantine; Passive avoidance; Reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

ANTHRANILIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MEMANTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMEDIATE MEMORY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY RECONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHICKENS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MEMANTINE; MEMORY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84861197973     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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