Destruction of central noradrenergic neurones with DSP4 impairs the acquisition of temporal discrimination but does not affect memory for duration in a delayed conditional discrimination task

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-173

  Al Zahrani, S S A ^a   Al Ruwaitea, A S A ^a   Ho, M Y ^a   Bradshaw, C M ^a   Szabadi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DSP4; Learning; Memory for duration; Noradrenaline; Operant behaviour; Time discrimination

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO N (2 CHLOROETHYL) N ETHYLBENZYLAMINE; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; NEUROTOXIN; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030943216     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050225     Document Type: Article

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