Muscimol, AP5, or scopolamine infused into perirhinal cortex impairs two-choice visual discrimination learning in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-228

  Winters, Boyer D ^a   Bartko, Susan J ^a   Saksida, Lisa M ^a,b   Bussey, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acquisition; Muscarinic; NMDA; Object recognition memory; Rat

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA AGONISTS; LEARNING; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MUSCIMOL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SCOPOLAMINE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 76949106940     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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