Amisulpride promotes cognitive flexibility in rats: The role of 5-HT7 receptors

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 248, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-140

  Nikiforuk, Agnieszka ^a   Popik, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

5 HT7 agonist; 5 HT7 receptor; Amisulpride; Frontal cortex; Set shifting; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; SEROTONIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL SET-SHIFTING TASK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SULPIRIDE; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES;

EID: 84877323255     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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