Effect of metrifonate on extracellular brain acetylcholine and object recognition in aged rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 325, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 173-180

  Scali, Carla ^a   Giovannini, Maria Grazia ^a   Bartolini, Luciano ^a   Prosperi, Costanza ^a   Hinz, Volker ^b   Schmidt, Bernard ^b   Pepeu, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNS Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; Cholinesterase inhibitor; Metrifonate; Object recognition; Release

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; METRIFONATE;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; TRICHLORFON;

EID: 0030917597     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)00128-3     Document Type: Article

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