title: Pharmacology of memory: cholinergic-glutamatergic interactions.
abstract: Both acetylcholine and glutamate are now thought to play important roles in memory. Recent evidence suggests that the interaction of these two neurotransmitters may be important for some forms of memory, and that acetylcholine, in particular, may function to facilitate glutamate activity by coordinating states of acquisition and recall in the cortex and hippocampus.
authors.affiliation: TG Aigner, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Aigner
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000502:physiology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D018698:Glutamic Acid; D000109:Acetylcholine