Behavioral vigilance following infusions of 192 IgG-saporin into the basal forebrain: Selectivity of the behavioral impairment and relation to cortical AChE-positive fiber density

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-265

  McGaughy, Jill ^a   Kaiser, Tiffany ^a   Sarter, Martin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

192 IGG SAPORIN; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOTOXIN; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; ILLUMINATION; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CARBOLINES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; IMMUNOTOXINS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030004870     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.2.247     Document Type: Article

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