Neonatal serotonin (5-HT) depletion does not affect spatial learning and memory in rats

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-274

  Piechal, Agnieszka ^a   Blecharz Klin, Kamilla ^a   Wyszogrodzka, Edyta ^b   Kołomańska, Paulina ^b   Rok Bujko, Paulina ^b   Krza̧ścik, Paweł ^a   Kostowski, Wojciech ^b   Widy Tyszkiewicz, Ewa ^a   Filip, Małgorzata ^c,d   Stefański, Roman ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

5,7 DHT; Learning; Memory; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTIVATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

EID: 84862159067     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1734-1140(12)70764-8     Document Type: Article

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