The anaesthetic combination of ketamine/midazolam does not alter the acquisition of spatial and motor tasks in adult mice

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-25

  Valentim, A M ^a,b   Olsson, I A S ^a   Antunes, L M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ketamine midazolam; Learning; Mice; Research implications

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; REFERENCE MEMORY; RIGHTING REFLEX; ROTAROD TEST; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; KETAMINE; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDAZOLAM; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST;

EID: 84878042050     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2012.011179     Document Type: Article

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