Combined pCPA and muscarinic antagonist treatment produces a deficit in rat water maze acquisition

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Harder, J A ^a,b   Kelly, M E ^a   Cheng, C H K ^a   Costall, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HT; Acetylcholine; Alzheimer's disease; Atropine; Learning and memory; pCPA; Scopolamine; Spatial learning; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BRAIN MONOAMINE; DOPAMINE; FENCLONINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NORADRENALIN; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030250008     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(96)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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