Activation of hippocampal postsynaptic muscarinic receptors is involved in long-term spatial memory formation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1581-1588

  Herrera Morales, Wendy ^a   Mar, Ivonne ^a   Serrano, Barbara ^a   Bermúdez Rattoni, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CA3; Consolidation; Learning; Muscarinic receptors; Rat; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OTENZEPAD; PIRENZEPINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PIRENZEPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SCOPOLAMINE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 34147186132     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05391.x     Document Type: Article

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