Sex- and dose-dependent effects of post-trial calcium channel blockade by magnesium chloride on memory for inhibitory avoidance conditioning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 257, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-53

  Wilmott, Lynda A ^a   Thompson, Lucien T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channels; Inhibitory avoidance conditioning; Magnesium chloride; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SERINE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

17Β-ESTRADIOL; AHP; CA(2+) CHANNELS; E2; FBN; FISHER 344×BROWN NORWAY HYBRID; IA; INHIBITORY AVOIDANCE; INHIBITORY AVOIDANCE CONDITIONING; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; POST-BURST AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GAIT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84885407508     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.09.047     Document Type: Article

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