Intraventricular nerve growth factor administration prevents lesion-induced loss of septal cholinergic neurons in aging rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 739-743

  Montero, Claudia N ^a   Hefti, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cholinergic neuron; Hippocampus; Nerve growth factor; Neuronal survival; NGF; Septum

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; RAT; AGING; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; RAT STRAIN; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

AGING; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024762662     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(89)90011-0     Document Type: Article

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