Memory Impairment and Reduced Exploratory Behavior in Mice after Administration of Systemic Morphine

In the present study, the effects of morphine were examined on tests of spatial memory, object exploration, locomotion, and anxiety in male ICR mice. Administration of morphine (15 or 30 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.)) induced a significant decrease in Y-maze alternations compared to saline vehicle...

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Main Authors: Junichi Kitanaka, Nobue Kitanaka, F. Scott Hall, Mei Fujii, Akiko Goto, Yusuke Kanda, Akira Koizumi, Hirotoshi Kuroiwa, Satoko Mibayashi, Yumi Muranishi, Soichiro Otaki, Minako Sumikawa, Koh-Ichi Tanaka, Nobuyoshi Nishiyama, George R. Uhl, Motohiko Takemura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Experimental Neuroscience
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/JEN.S25057