Effects of infusion of cholinergic drugs into the prefrontal cortex area on delayed matching to position performance in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 711, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 102-111

  Herremans, Arnoud H J ^a   Hijzen, Theo H ^b   Welborn, Patrick F E ^b   Olivier, Berend ^a,b   Slangen, Jef L ^b  

^a Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholinergic system; Delayed Matching to Position; Prefrontal cortex; Rat; Scopolamine; Selective attention; Working memory

Indexed keywords

11 [[4 [4 (DIETHYLAMINO)BUTYL] 1 PIPERIDYL]ACETYL] 5,11 DIHYDRO 6H PYRIDO[2,3 B][1,4]BENZODIAZEPIN 6 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 DIPHENYLACETOXY 1 METHYLPIPERIDINE; 6 CHLORO 5,10 DIHYDRO 5 [(1 METHYL 4 PIPERIDYL)ACETYL] 11H DIBENZO[B,E][1,4]DIAZEPIN 11 ONE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; BICUCULLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SCOPOLAMINE; TELENZEPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029985614     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01404-7     Document Type: Article

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