Galantamine effects on memory, spatial cue utilization, and neurotrophic factors in aged female rats

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-205

  French, K L ^a   Bimonte Nelson, H A ^b   Granholm, Ann Charlotte ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors; Aging; Hippocampal tasks; Learning and memory; Nonspatial strategy; Spatial strategy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; GALANTAMINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; FISCHER 344 RAT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CUES; FEMALE; GALANTAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34250626050     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000007783464759     Document Type: Conference Paper

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