Editing Acetylcholine (section)

====Memory====
Acetylcholine has been implicated in [[learning]] and [[memory]] in several ways. The anticholinergic drug [[scopolamine]] impairs acquisition of new information in humans<ref name="pmid4793334">{{cite journal | vauthors = Crow TJ, Grove-White IG | title = An analysis of the learning deficit following hyoscine administration to man | journal = Br. J. Pharmacol. | volume = 49 | issue = 2 | pages = 322–7 | date = October 1973 | pmid = 4793334 | pmc = 1776392 | doi = 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1973.tb08379.x  }}</ref> and animals.<ref name="pmid6431311"/> In animals, disruption of the supply of acetylcholine to the [[neocortex]] impairs the learning of simple discrimination tasks, comparable to the acquisition of factual information<ref name="pmid3087582">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ridley RM, Murray TK, Johnson JA, Baker HF | title = Learning impairment following lesion of the basal nucleus of Meynert in the marmoset: modification by cholinergic drugs | journal = Brain Res. | volume = 376 | issue = 1 | pages = 108–16 | date = June 1986 | pmid = 3087582 | doi = 10.1016/0006-8993(86)90904-2  | s2cid = 29182517 }}</ref> and disruption of the supply of acetylcholine to the [[hippocampus]] and adjacent cortical areas produces forgetfulness, comparable to [[anterograde amnesia]] in humans.<ref name="pmid12050084">{{cite journal | vauthors = Easton A, Ridley RM, Baker HF, Gaffan D | title = Unilateral lesions of the cholinergic basal forebrain and fornix in one hemisphere and inferior temporal cortex in the opposite hemisphere produce severe learning impairments in rhesus monkeys | journal = Cereb. Cortex | volume = 12 | issue = 7 | pages = 729–36 | date = July 2002 | pmid = 12050084 | doi = 10.1093/cercor/12.7.729 | doi-access = free }}</ref>