Behavioral and electrophysiological changes induced by acetyl-L-carnitine in aged freely-moving rats

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-43

  Marini, G ^a   Calvani, M ^b   Ceccarelli, P ^a   Mancia, Mauro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; LEVACECARNINE;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEAD MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; RAT; RETICULUM CELL; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS; THETA RHYTHM;

ACETYLCARNITINE; AGING; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG IMPLANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28444492988     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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