Effects of estradiol and dexamethasone on choline acetyltransferase activity in various rat brain regions

Brain Research

Volumn 453, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 389-392

  Kaufman, Herman ^a   Vadasz, Csaba ^a   Lajtha, Abel ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain region; Choline acetyltransferase; Dexamethasone; Estradiol; Mechanism of action

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0023935799     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(88)90185-0     Document Type: Article

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