Activating the posttraumatic cholinergic system for the treatment of cognitive impairment following traumatic brain injury

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 785-791

  Pike, Brian R ^a   Hamm, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lu 25 109 T; M1 agonist; M2 antagonist; Morris water maze; Muscarinic; Rats; Spatial memory; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALVAMELINE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; REFLEX; TETRAZOLES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030873742     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00453-4     Document Type: Article

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