Age-related decrease in cholinergic synaptic transmission in three hippocampal subfields

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 439-451

  Shen, Jiemin ^a,d   Barnes, Carol A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; CA1; CA3; cholinergic slow epsp; fascia dentata; hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029893741     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(96)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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