Age-related scopolamine effects on social and individual behaviour in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 344-350

  Soffié, Monique ^a   Bronchart, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age drug sensitivity; Agonistic interactions; Anticholinergic drug effect; Environmental interaction; Grooming; Play fighting and immobility; Rat; Reintroduction procedure; Social grooming; Social investigation

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GROOMING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SCOPOLAMINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023897758     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00181945     Document Type: Article

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