The effects of different types of pre-training on the rat's retention performance in a swim-to-platform task following administration of scopolamine

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 217-220

  Caldji, Christian ^a,b   Vanderwolf, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; acquisition and retention; pre training; scopolamine; swim to platform

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030272203     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)88862-0     Document Type: Article

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