Behavioral characterization of metrifonate-improved acquisition of spatial information in medial septum-lesioned rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-19

  Riekkinen Jr , Paavo ^a   Schmidt, Bernard ^b   Riekkinen, Minna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Institute for Neurobiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metrifonate; Reversal learning; Septum lesioned, medial; Spatial bias; Spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; METRIFONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHLORFON;

EID: 0342437534     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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