Belladonna alkaloids-induced behavioral changes and amnesia on open- field and step-through in 18-, 28-, and 38-day-old mice

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 112-116

  Pan, Si Yuan ^a   Han, Yi Fan ^b   Xu, Qiu Ping ^a   Liu, Ming Yan ^a   Ma, Hui Zhen ^a   Ding, Wei Jing ^a   Zhu, Ren Liang ^a  

^a Beifing Univ Traditional Chinese M   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Anisod amine; Anisodine; Atropine; Belladonna alkaloids; Brain; Learning; Memory; Receptor; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

ANISODAMINE; ANISODINE; ATROPINE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE; SCOPOLAMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BELLADONNA ALKALOIDS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCOPOLAMINE; SCOPOLAMINE DERIVATIVES; SOLANACEOUS ALKALOIDS;

EID: 2642647846     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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