Mnemonic deficits in animals depend upon the degree of cholinergic deficit and task complexity

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 292-305

  Pizzo, Donald P ^a,b   Thal, Leon J ^a,b   Winkler, Jürgen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

192IgG saporin; Cholinergic basal forebrain; Elevated plus maze; Immunotoxin; Inhibitory avoidance; Medial septum; Memory; Nucleus basalis magnocellularis; T maze; Water maze

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOTOXIN; SAPORIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036432985     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2002.7993     Document Type: Article

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