Ascorbic acid attenuates scopolamine-induced spatial learning deficits in the water maze.

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Published in Behav Brain Res on August 22, 2009

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F E Harrison1, A H Hosseini, S M Dawes, S Weaver, J M May

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1: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. Fiona.Harrison@Vanderbilt.edu

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