Within-subject memory decline in middle-aged rats: Effects of intraseptal tacrine

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1221-1229

  Sabolek, Helen R ^a   Bunce, Jamie G ^a   Giuliana, Derek ^a   Chrobak, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's dementia; DNMTS; Medial septum; Memory; Radial maze; Tacrine

Indexed keywords

TACRINE;

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPLANTATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; TACRINE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 4143084739     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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