Central vs peripheral anticholinergic effects on repeated acquisition of behavioral chains.
Monkeys that were required to repeatedly learn new sequences of responses to obtain food were injected with 0.2 mg/kg of atropine sulfate or methylatropine nitrate. Effects lasted 8 to 12 hr following injection. Both drugs decreased the rate at which the animals worked, but only atropine sulfate increased the number of attempts required to solve the problem and decreased overall accuracy, suggesting a peripheral mode of action for rate-decreasing effects, and a central mode of action for effects of atropine on qualitative aspects of performance.
D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001286:Atropine Derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000187:drug effects*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000187:drug effects*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000187:drug effects; D012691:Serial Learning / Q000187:drug effects
D001286:Atropine Derivatives; D001285:Atropine; C006649:methylatropine