Combined blockade of cholinergic receptors shifts the brain from stimulus encoding to memory consolidation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 793-802

  Rasch, Björn H ^a   Born, Jan ^a   Gais, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MECAMYLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SCOPOLAMINE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33646736285     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2006.18.5.793     Document Type: Article

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