A flavonol present in cocoa [(-)epicatechin] enhances snail memory

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3566-3576

  Fruson, Lee ^a   Dalesman, Sarah ^a   Lukowiak, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

( )epicatechin; Flavonol; Long term memory; Lymnaea stagnalis; Memory enhancement; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CACAO; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; LYMNAEA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CACAO; CATECHIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOCOMOTION; LYMNAEA; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MODELS, ANIMAL; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; THEOBROMA CACAO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866869190     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.070300     Document Type: Article

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