An automated two-choice test of olfactory working memory the rat: Effect of scopolamine

Psychobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-31

  Winters, Boyer ^a   Matheson, William R ^a   Mcgregor, Iain S ^a   Brown, Richard E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034012959     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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