Impairments of learning and memory following intracere-broventricular administration of AF64A in rats

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 234-239

  Lim, Dong Koo ^a   Oh, Youn Hee ^a   Kim, Man Soo ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active avoidance; Ethylcholine aziridium; Morris water maze; Passive avoidance

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHYLCHOLINE MUSTARD AZIRIDINIUM; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; AZIRIDINES; CHOLINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0035380162     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978264     Document Type: Article

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