Relationship between up-regulation of nicotine binding sites in rat brain and delayed cognitive enhancement observed after chronic or acute nicotinic receptor stimulation

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-331

  Abdulla, F A ^a,d   Bradbury, E ^a   Calaminici, M R ^a   Lippiello, P M ^b   Wonnacott, S ^c   Gray, J A ^a   Sinden, J D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive enhancement; delayed acute effect; nicotine; nicotinic receptor up regulation; water maze

Indexed keywords

MECAMYLAMINE; N METHYL 4 (3 PYRIDINYL) 3 BUTENAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RADIOLIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030005801     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02247437     Document Type: Article

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