Contribution of cholinergic and gabaergic functions to memory processes in BALB/cANnCrlBR mice

Brain Research

Volumn 818, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 583-592

  Messier, Claude ^a   Wall, Philip M ^a   Ethier, Katia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bicuculinne; Diabetes; Glucose; Hippocampus; Insulin; Memory; Muscimol; Oxotremorine

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; OXOTREMORINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; OXOTREMORINE;

EID: 0033550738     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01337-7     Document Type: Article

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