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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Midazolam Impairs Spatial Memory and Alters Circadian Activity Patterns in Rats

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Biological/Neuroscience

  • Cyrilla Wideman
    John Carroll University
  • Helen Murphy
    John Carroll University

Abstract

The effects of orally administered midazolam on spatial memory, utilizing the Morris Water Maze, and circadian activity patterns, recorded from an activity wheel, were examined on experimental and control female rats. Spatial memory was impaired and an altered circadian activity pattern was observed in experimental rats.

Neuroscience