Depletion of serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline in aged rats decreases the therapeutic effect of nicotine, but not of tetrahydroaminoacridine

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 308, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-250

  Riekkinen, Minna ^a   Aroviita, Laura ^a   Kivipelto, Miia ^a   Taskila, Kati ^a   Riekkinen Jr , Paavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

5 HT (5 hydroxytryptamine, serotonin); Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Nicotine; Spatial navigation; Tetrahydroaminoacridine

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MONOAMINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; FENCLONINE; NICOTINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TACRINE;

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FRONTAL CORTEX; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0030601250     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00307-X     Document Type: Article

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