Will a New Type of Drug Make Memory-Making Easier?.

Service, Robert F.

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ERIC Number: EJ492001

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Will a New Type of Drug Make Memory-Making Easier?

Service, Robert F.

Science, v266 n5183 p218-19 Oct 1994

Discusses the findings of a study that involves the testing of the pharmaceutical Ampakines on laboratory rats. Rats administered Ampakines learn remarkably quickly to navigate new mazes. The question now is does the drug make the rats alert or memory enhanced. Implications for treatment in humans is discussed. (ZWH)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Memory, Pharmacology, Research and Development, Science Education, Scientific Research, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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