Selective immunolesioning of the basal forebrain cholinergic system disrupts short-term memory in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1535-1544

  Leanza, G ^a,b   Muir, J ^c   Nilsson, O G ^a   Wiley, R G ^d   Dunnett, S B ^c   Bjorklund A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Basal forebrain; Delayed matching to position; Hippocampus; Immunolesion; Scopolamine; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ARECOLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOTOXIN; METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SAPONIN; SCOPOLAMINE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARECOLINE; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOTOXINS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; N-METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SCOPOLAMINE; SCOPOLAMINE DERIVATIVES; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0029894379     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01616.x     Document Type: Article

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