Effect of acetylcholinesterase inhibition on behavior is age-dependent in freely moving Aplysia

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 115-124

  Srivatsan, Malathi ^a   Peretz, Bertram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Age; Aplysia; Behavior; BW284c51 (BW); Cholinergic; Hemolymp

Indexed keywords

1,5 BIS(4 ALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUMPHENYL)PENTAN 3 ONE DIBROMIDE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0029893036     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00207-3     Document Type: Article

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