Effects of central nicotinic cholinergic receptor blockade produced by chlorisondamine on learning and memory performance in rats

Behavioral and Neural Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 163-171

  Decker, Michael W ^a   Majchrzak, Mark J ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORISONDAMINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; HEXAMETHONIUM; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCAPE REACTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICOTINE; ORIENTATION; RATS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0027515146     PISSN: 01631047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0163-1047(93)90271-I     Document Type: Article

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