Bidirectional modulation of spatial working memory by ethanol

Rossetti, Zvani L; Carboni, Sonia; Stancampiano, Roberto; Sori, Pierpaolo; Pepeu, Giancarlo; Fadda, Fabio

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Bidirectional modulation of spatial working memory by ethanol

ContributorsRossetti, Zvani L; Carboni, Sonia; Stancampiano, Roberto; Sori, Pierpaolo; Pepeu, Giancarlo; Fadda, Fabio

Published inAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research, vol. 26, no. 2, p. 181-185

Publication date2002

Abstract

It is common knowledge that ethanol causes cognitive and memory impairments. Although these deficits are attributed to its central depressant properties, ethanol has biphasic effects and at low doses can produce excitatory actions.

Keywords

Animals
Cognition/drug effects
Ethanol/administration & dosage/blood/pharmacology
Kinetics
Male
Memory/drug effects
Prefrontal Cortex/drug effects/physiology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Affiliation Not a UNIGE publication

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ROSSETTI, Zvani L et al. Bidirectional modulation of spatial working memory by ethanol. In: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2002, vol. 26, n° 2, p. 181–185.

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PID : unige:89905
PMID : 11964557

ISSN of the journal0145-6008

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Bidirectional modulation of spatial working memory by ethanol

It is common knowledge that ethanol causes cognitive and memory impairments. Although these deficits are attributed to its central depressant properties, ethanol has biphasic effects and at low doses can produce excitatory actions.

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