Song, Cai, et al. “Effect of Chronic Treatment With Piracetam and Tacrine on Some Changes Caused by Thymectomy in the Rat Brain”. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, vol. 56, no. 4, 1997, pp. 697-04, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0091-3057(96)00410-8.

Genre

  • Journal Article
Contributors
Author: Song, Cai
Author: Earley, Bernadette
Author: Leonard, B. E.
Date Issued
1997
Abstract

Thymectomized male rats showed a significant impairment in learning and memory as shown by deficits in passive avoidance and in the Morris water maze test. Following treatment for 20 days with either piracetam or tacrine, the deficit in passive avoidance learning was largely reversed.

Note

Elsevier Science

Language

  • English

Subjects

  • Neurotransmitters
  • Learning
  • Corticosterone
  • Piracetam
  • Rats
  • Leucocytes
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Memory
  • Glands
Page range
697-704
Host Title
Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior
Volume
56
Issue
4
ISSN
0091-3057
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0091-3057(96)00410-8

Department