Salbutamol overcomes the effect of the noradrenergic neurotoxin DSP-4 on memory function in the day-old chick

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 216-222

  Crowe, S F ^a   Shaw, S ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenergic agents; Consolidation; Day old chicks; DSP 4; Long term memory; Noradrenaline; Salbutamol; Training stimulus intensity

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO N (2 CHLOROETHYL) N ETHYLBENZYLAMINE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; NEUROTOXIN; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SALBUTAMOL;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRAINING;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ALBUTEROL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BENZYLAMINES; CHICKENS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROTOXINS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2;

EID: 0030831263     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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