ROLE OF THE CHOLINERGIC NERVOUS-SYSTEM IN MEMORY CONSOLIDATION

Arecoline hydrobromide (2 mg IV), a cholinergic agonist, facilitates the recall of words that have been organized and encoded immediately prior to drug treatment. While the number of groups of words and the total number of words recalled are increased, words within recalled structures are unaffected by cholinergic stimulation. The findings define a role of the cholinergic nervous system in memory consolidation. © 1979, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.