Scopolamine impairs spatial working memory in the radial maze: An analysis by error type and arm choice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 449-459

  Pilcher, June J ^a   Sessions, G Rufus ^a   McBride, Sharon A ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticholinergic drugs; Memory acquisition; Memory consolidation; Memory retrieval; Radial maze; Rat; Scopolamine; Spatial memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCOPOLAMINE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030772719     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00297-9     Document Type: Article

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