Oxotremorine infusions into the medial septal area of middle-aged rats affect spatial reference memory and ChAT activity

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 99-109

  Frick, Karyn M ^a,c   Gorman, Linda K ^b   Markowska, Alicja L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ChAT activity; Fischer 344 rat; intraseptal infusion; medial septal area; middle aged; oxotremorine; spatial reference memory

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; OXOTREMORINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030272535     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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