Concomitant docosahexaenoic acid administration ameliorates stress-induced cognitive impairment in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-177

  Trofimiuk, Emil ^a   Braszko, Jan J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Elevated plus maze; Morris water maze; Object recognition; Spatial memory; Stress

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FLUOXETINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84878798436     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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