Chronic ethanol consumption in rats: Correlation between memory performance and hippocampal acetylcholine release in vivo

Neuroscience

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-159

  Melis, F ^a   Stancampiano, R ^a   Imperato, A ^a   Carta, G ^a   Fadda, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

acetylcholine release; chronic ethanol; hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALCOHOL; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMNESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029762255     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00109-1     Document Type: Article

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