Degenerative Changes in Forebrain Cholinergic Nuclei Correlate with Cognitive Impairments in Aged Rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 34-45

  Fischer, Walter ^a   Gage, Fred H ^b   Björklund, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cholinergic neurons; cognitive impairments; nucleus basalis; septum

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AGE; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COGNITION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT;

EID: 0024346318     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1989.tb00772.x     Document Type: Article

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