Serotonin and acetylcholine release response in the rat hippocampus during a spatial memory task

Neuroscience

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1135-1143

  Stancampiano, R ^a   Cocco, S ^a   Cugusi, C ^a   Sarais, L ^a   Fadda, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Hippocampus; Microdialysis; Radial arm maze performance; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; SEROTONIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICRODIALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SEROTONIN; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033006360     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00397-2     Document Type: Article

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