AR-R 17779 improves social recognition in rats by activation of nicotinic α7 receptors

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-383

  Van Kampen, Marja ^a,c   Selbach, Karin ^a   Schneider, Renate ^a   Schiegel, Elleonore ^a   Boess, Frank ^a   Schreiber, Rudy ^a,b  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

^c ICON Clinical Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 nicotinic receptors; Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; Cognition; Scopolamine; Social memory

Indexed keywords

3 (2,4 DIMETHOXYBENZYLIDENE)ANABASEINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; METHYLLYCACONITINE; METRIFONATE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA7 AGONIST; SCOPOLAMINE; SPIRO[1 AZABICYCLO[2.2.2]OCTANE 3,2' THIAZOLIDINE] 2' ONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; JUVENILE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; REVERSAL REACTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ACONITINE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIRO COMPOUNDS; TRICHLORFON;

EID: 2442591453     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1668-7     Document Type: Article

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