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Effects of acute and repeated administration of a cholinesterase inhibitor on timing behaviour.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15163438     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
It has been hypothesised that a leftward shift in the response distribution obtained in the peak interval (PI) procedure is a characteristic of cognitive enhancement in which mental processes are speeded. Metrifonate, a cholinesterase inhibitor with reported cognitive enhancing properties in many animal models of learning and memory, was tested in the PI procedure. Acute administration of 3 and 60 mg/kg but not 1 and 30 mg/kg in fully trained rats shifted the response distribution to the right, whereas subchronic administration of 10, 30 or 50 mg/kg during task acquisition had no effect on timing behaviour. On the basis of the present data, it can be concluded that the effects of a cognition enhancer in the PI procedure cannot be predicted from the scalar expectancy theory (SET). Furthermore, SET does not appear to be an appropriate tool for analysing the acquisition of timing behaviour.
Authors:
Pascale C Bouger; Laura Spowart-Manning; Andre Ferrara; Bernard H Schmidt; Franz-Josef van der Staay
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology     Volume:  14     ISSN:  0924-977X     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur Neuropsychopharmacol     Publication Date:  2004 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-05-27     Completed Date:  2004-09-07     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9111390     Medline TA:  Eur Neuropsychopharmacol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  285-94     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
CNS Research, Bayer AG, Aprather Weg 18a, D-42096 Wuppertal, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Behavior, Animal / drug effects*
Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
Discrimination (Psychology) / drug effects
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Drug Administration Schedule
Male
Mental Processes / drug effects*
Models, Psychological
Rats
Time Perception / drug effects*
Trichlorfon / pharmacology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cholinesterase Inhibitors; 52-68-6/Trichlorfon

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