| Literature DB >> 17030027 |
Rita C Carvalho1, Camilla C Patti, André L Takatsu-Coleman, Sonia R Kameda, Claudio F Souza, Lucia Garcez-do-Carmo, Vanessa C Abílio, Roberto Frussa-Filho, Regina H Silva.
Abstract
We investigated the effects of reserpine (0.1-0.5 mg/kg) on the performance of mice in the plus-maze discriminative avoidance task (DAVT), which simultaneously evaluates memory and motor activity. All doses induced memory impairment (increased aversive arm time) but only 0.5 mg/kg reserpine decreased locomotion (entries in enclosed arms). The results suggest that the DAVT evaluation in reserpine-treated mice can be a useful model for studying cognitive deficits accompanied by motor impairments.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17030027 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252