the aim of the study is to determine role the role of neurotransmitter acetylcholine on memory.
What where the two substances injected into the rats?
Scopolamine and Acetylcholine
Physostigmine and Acetylcholine
Scopolamine and Physostigmine
None of the above
4 groups of rats were injected during the experiment.
What effect does scopolamine have on acetylcholine?
blocks acetylcholine receptor sites
blocks production of cholinesterase
Physostigmine rats had ran faster and made few wrong turns compared to the scopolamine and control group.
What was the method done in the experiment?
aged rats were placed in a pool of milky water including a platform to which their objective was to find the platform.
rats were trained to go through a maze and get to the end where they received food.
did the results show that acetylcholine played and important role in memory construction.
