RETROGRADE-AMNESIA PRODUCED BY INTRASTRIATAL ATROPINE AND ITS REVERSAL BY CHOLINE

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SOLANAFIGUEROA, R [1 ]
PRADOALCALA, RA [1 ]
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[1] NATL AUTONOMOUS UNIV MEXICO,FAC MED,DEPT PHYSIOL,POB 70-250,MEXICO CITY,DF,MEXICO
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10.1016/0024-3205(90)90072-Y
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R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
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A number of studies have shown that cholinergic blockade of the striatum produces amnesia. In the present experiment it was predicted that by increasing the synthesis of striatal acetylcholine such amnesic state would be prevented. Atropine was injected into the striatum of rats before training of passive avoidance; some of these rats were also injected, intrastriatally, with choline before testing the retention of the task. Atropine alone produced amnesia while the combination of treatments reversed this effect. © 1990.
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