Anticholinergic effects in frogs in a Morris water maze analog

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 351-357

  Bilbo, Staci D ^a   Day, Lainy B ^a,b   Wilczynski, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Amphibians; Anticholinergic; Atropine sulfate; Frogs; Learning

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FROG; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CUES; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; RANA PIPIENS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0034130470     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00251-6     Document Type: Article

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