Evaluation of an Aβ1-40-induced cognitive deficit in rat using a reward-directed instrumental learning task

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-333

  Shi, Zhe ^a   Sun, Xiuping ^a   Liu, Xinmin ^a   Chen, Shanguang ^b   Chang, Qi ^a   Chen, Lingling ^a,c   Song, Guangqing ^a   Li, Haiqing ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b Science and Technology on Human Factors Engineering Laboratory   (China)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d Beijing Xin Hai Hua Yi technology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

A 1 40; Cognitive deficit; Dementia symptoms; Instrumental learning; Rat; Reward

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD;

EID: 84864403934     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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