Immunolesioning of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons facilitates hippocampal kindling and perturbs neurotrophin messenger RNA regulation

Neuroscience

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-327

  Kokaia, M ^a   Ferencz, I ^a   Leanza, G ^b,c   Elmer E ^a   Metsis, M ^d   Kokaia, Z ^a   Wiley, R G ^e   Lindvall, O ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Cholinergic neurons; Kindling; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin 3

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; SAPORIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOTOXINS; KINDLING (NEUROLOGY); MALE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029655587     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00384-3     Document Type: Article

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