The Effect of Scopolamine on Avoidance Memory and Hippocampal Neurons in Male Wistar Rats

Introduction: Cholinergic systems are involved in learning and memory. Scopolamine, a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, is used as a standard/ reference drug for inducing cognitive deficits in healthy humans and animals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of scopolamin...

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Main Authors: Saba Seifhosseini, Mehrdad Jahanshahi, Ali Moghimi, Nasrin-Sadat Aazami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2011-10-01
Series:Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-82&slc_lang=en&sid=1