Pilocarpine improves olfactory discrimination and social recognition memory deficits in 24 month-old rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 531, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 176-182

  Prediger, Rui D S ^a   De Mello, Nelson ^b   Takahashi, Reinaldo N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

(Rat); Acetylcholine; Aging; Muscarinic receptor; Olfactory discrimination; Pilocarpine; Social recognition memory

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PILOCARPINE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 32044443379     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.12.032     Document Type: Article

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