Evaluation of muscarinic and nicotinic receptor antagonists on attention and working memory

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 796-803

  McQuail, Joseph A ^a   Burk, Joshua A ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Attention; Cholinergic; Mecamylamine; Rat; Scopolamine; Vigilance; Working memory

Indexed keywords

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

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MEMORY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SCOPOLAMINE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846416894     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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