Eptastigmine restores the aged rat's normal cortical spectral power pattern

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 495-500

  Braida, Daniela ^a   Ottonello, Francesco ^a   Sala, Mariaelvina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; Electroencephalogram; Eptastigmine; Spontaneous motor activity; Young vs aged rats

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; HEPTYLSTIGMINE TARTRATE; WATER;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

EID: 0033736146     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.2000.0732     Document Type: Article

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