Effects of St-587 and prazosin on water maze and passive avoidance performance of scopolamine-treated rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-115

  Puumala, Tarja ^b   Sirviö, Jouni ^a   Ruotsalainen, Sirja ^a   Riekkinen Sr , Paavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alpha 1 adrenoceptors; Learning; Memory; Muscarinic receptors; Noradrenaline; Rat; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

2 (2 CHLORO 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYLIMINO)IMIDAZOLIDINE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PRAZOSIN; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030250056     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02231-7     Document Type: Article

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