Increased hippocampal acetylcholine release during a working memory task

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Fadda, Fabio ^a   Melis, Franco ^a   Stancampiano, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; Hippocampus; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0030603780     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00289-0     Document Type: Article

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