Acetylcholine release in rat frontal and somatosensory cortex is enhanced during tactile discrimination learning

AE Butt, G Testylier, RW Dykes - Psychobiology, 1997 - Springer
We examined acetylcholine (ACh) release in the frontal cortex and in the vibrissae
representation in the somatosensory cortex in rats during the acquisition of a tactile …

Cholinergic gating of improvement of tactile acuity induced by peripheral tactile stimulation

B Bliem, M Tegenthoff, HR Dinse - Neuroscience letters, 2008 - Elsevier
As shown in many animal experiments, cholinergic mechanisms participate in N-methyl-d-
aspartate (NMDA) receptor-dependent neuroplasticity. Acetylcholine is thought to play a …

Enhanced acetylcholine release in the hippocampus and cortex during acquisition of an operant behavior

M Orsetti, F Casamenti, G Pepeu - Brain research, 1996 - Elsevier
The activity of the septo-hippocampul and nucleus basalis-cortical cholinergic pathways was
investigated by measuring changes in the extracellular acetylcholine levels in the …

Reinforcement enhances hippocampal acetylcholine release in rats: an in vivo microdialysis study

H Iso, A Ueki, H Shinjo, C Miwa, Y Morita - Behavioural brain research, 1999 - Elsevier
Rats were trained to press a lever under a 'Multiple FI-60s and Extinction'schedule with food
reinforcements. After learning the task, an in vivo microdialysis probe was inserted into the …

Acetylcholine release in the hippocampus and striatum during place and response training

JC Pych, Q Chang, C Colon-Rivera, R Haag… - Learning & …, 2005 - learnmem.cshlp.org
These experiments examined the release of acetylcholine in the hippocampus and striatum
when rats were trained, within single sessions, on place or response versions of food …

Tactile response adaptation to whisker stimulation in the lemniscal somatosensory pathway of rats

J Martin-Cortecero, A Nuñez - Brain research, 2014 - Elsevier
Response adaptation is associated with attenuation of neural responses as the result of
different mechanisms. However, the main function of adaptation may be to enhance the flow …

Operant performance and cortical acetylcholine release: role of response rate, reward density, and non-contingent stimuli

AM Himmelheber, M Sarter, JP Bruno - Cognitive Brain Research, 1997 - Elsevier
The relationship between acetylcholine (ACh) efflux in medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and
performance in a visual discrimination task and a variable interval (VI) schedule of …

Patterns of brain acetylcholine release predict individual differences in preferred learning strategies in rats

CK McIntyre, LK Marriott, PE Gold - Neurobiology of learning and memory, 2003 - Elsevier
Acetylcholine release was measured simultaneously in the hippocampus and dorsal
striatum of rats before and during training on a maze that could be learned using either a …

Conditioned and unconditioned stimuli increase frontal cortical and hippocampal acetylcholine release: effects of novelty, habituation, and fear

E Acquas, C Wilson, HC Fibiger - Journal of Neuroscience, 1996 - Soc Neuroscience
Recent evidence showing that basal forebrain cholinergic neurons with projections to the
frontal cortex and hippocampus are activated by behaviorally salient stimuli suggests that …

Extracellular acetylcholine is increased in the nucleus accumbens following the presentation of an aversively conditioned taste stimulus

GP Mark, JB Weinberg, PV Rada, BG Hoebel - Brain research, 1995 - Elsevier
To determine if acetylcholine (ACh) is released in the nucleus accumbens in response to a
conditioned stimulus (CS) that reminds the animal of an aversive event, in vivo microdialysis …