Open field habituation learning is improved by nicotine and attenuated by mecamylamine administered posttrial into the nucleus accumbens

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 277-290

  Schildein, S ^a   Huston, J P ^a   Schwarting, R K W ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Habituation; Mecamylamine; Nicotine; Open field; Rat; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HABITUATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; RAT; REARING;

EID: 0036351127     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.2001.4017     Document Type: Article

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