Presynaptic muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the dorsal hippocampus regulate behavioral inhibition of preweanling rats

Brain Research

Volumn 731, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 230-235

  Takahashi, Lorey K ^a   Goh, Chern Sing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Behavioral inhibition; Dentate gyrus; Freezing; Hippocampus; Oxotremorine; Presynaptic muscarinic receptor; Preweanling rat; Septohippocampal cholinergic system; Ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; OXOTREMORINE; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030603153     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00684-1     Document Type: Article

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