PENTYLENETETRAZOLE KINDLING IMPAIRS LONG-TERM-MEMORY IN RATS

被引:40
作者
GENKOVAPAPAZOVA, MG
LAZAROVABAKAROVA, MB
机构
[1] Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Institute of Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia
关键词
PENTYLENETETRAZOLE KINDLING; LEARNING; MEMORY;
D O I
10.1016/0924-977X(94)00134-W
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
The effect of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) kindling on learning and retention in active (shuttle-box) and passive (step-down) avoidance was studied in rats. PTZ kindling did not impair learning and significantly disturbed long-term memory estimated from retention tests, i.e. PTZ kindling induced a retrograde amnesia in the active and passive avoidance situations. The present results support the view that memory deficit is an integral part of epilepsy.
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