A behaviouval analysis of the delayed non matching to position task: The effects of scopolamine, lesions of the fornix and of the prelimbic region on mediating behaviours by rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-82

  Chudasama, Yogita ^a   Muir, Janice L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delayed non matching to position; Fornix; Prelimbic cortex; Scopolamine; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; SCOPOLAMINE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030608714     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050427     Document Type: Article

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