Hyperprolactinemia impairs object recognition without altering spatial learning in male rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 252, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-39

  Torner, Luz ^a   Tinajero, Eréndira ^a   Lajud, Naima ^a   Quintanar Stéphano, Andrés ^b   Olvera Cortés, Esther ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bromocriptine; Cognition; Familiarity; Hippocampus; Morris water maze; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; PROLACTIN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PITUITARY HOMOGRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RECALL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

BROMOCRIPTINE; COGNITION; FAMILIARITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MORRIS WATER MAZE; PROLACTIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BROMOCRIPTINE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84879346230     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.05.031     Document Type: Article

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