Scopolamine disrupts hippocampal activity during allocentric spatial memory in humans: An fMRI study using a virtual reality analogue of the Morris Water Maze

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1256-1265

  Antonova, Elena ^a   Parslow, David ^a   Brammer, Michael ^a   Simmons, Andrew ^a   Williams, Steven ^a   Dawson, Gerard R ^b   Morris, Robin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; allocentric spatial memory; Alzheimer's Disease; caudate nucleus; fMRI; hippocampus; Morris Water Maze; scopolamine

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054041085     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881110379285     Document Type: Review

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