lead (pb2+) is a well known neurotoxin that was frequently found in the environment and chronic exposure to lead has been matter of public health. in the present study the effect of lead on spatial memory in developmentally exposed rats and their dams in morris water maze task were investigated. female rats were divided into three groups and two groups exposed to 250 and 750 part per million (p...

introduction: it has been reported that oral morphine dependency facilitated formation of spatial learning and memory. in the present study the role of nmda receptors located in hippocampal ca1 area of morphine dependent rats was studied. methods: male rats were divided into 4 groups. two cannulae were stereotaxically implanted bilaterally into the hippocampal ca1 area. after 5 days recovery, a...