Age-Related decrease in vulnerability to excitatory amino acids in the nucleus basalis

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Wenk, Gary L ^a,b   Stoehr, James D ^a   Mobley, Sherri L ^a   Gurney, Jennifer ^a   Morris, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavior; Excitatory amino acids; Lesions; Nucleus basalis; Rats Acetylcholine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029670991     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(95)02025-X     Document Type: Article

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