The ventral hippocampal muscarinic cholinergic system plays a key role in sexual dimorphisms of spatial working memory in rats

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue , 2017, Pages 106-113

  Hall, Brandon J ^a   Abreu Villaça, Yael ^a   Cauley, Marty ^a   Junaid, Shaqif ^a   White, Hannah ^a   Kiany, Abtin ^a   Levin, Edward D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Frontal cortex; Hippocampus; Mecamylamine; Muscarinic; Nicotinic; Rats; Scopolamine; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

MECAMYLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SCOPOLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG POTENTIATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MECAMYLAMINE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 85011701644     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.01.019     Document Type: Article

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