The value of spontaneous alternation behavior (SAB) as a test of retention in pharmacological investigations of memory

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 497-505

  Hughes, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drug effects; Memory; Mice; Rats; Responsiveness to change; Spontaneous alternation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MEMORY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 4744367412     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.06.006     Document Type: Review

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