Acute administration of THC impairs spatial but not associative memory function in zebrafish

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 3829-3842

  Ruhl, Tim ^a   Prinz, Nicole ^a   Oellers, Nadine ^a   Seidel, Nathan Ian ^a   Jonas, Annika ^a   Albayram, Önder ^a   Bilkei Gorzo, Andras ^a   Von Der Emde, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocannabinoid system; Fish; Learning; Memory; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS; DRONABINOL; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1;

AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; METABOLISM; METHODS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS; COGNITION; DRONABINOL; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84896059817     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3522-5     Document Type: Article

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