Scopolamine infusion in the basolateral amygdala after saccharin intake induces conditioned taste avoidance in rats.
Víctor Manuel Torres-GarcíaEmmanuel Rodríguez-NavaRosa Itzel Alcántara-RivasOfir PicazoGabriel Roldán-RoldánJean-Pascal MorinPublished in: Psychopharmacology (2024)
These data suggest that if a salient gustatory experience is followed by muscarinic receptors antagonism in the BLA, it will be strongly and persistently avoided in the future. The study also shows that scopolamine is not just an amnesic drug, and its cognitive effects may be highly dependent on the task and the structure involved.