Choline acetyltransferase, nerve growth factor and cytokine levels are changed in congenitally hydrocephalic HTX rats

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-4

  Miyajima, Masakazu ^a   Sato, Kiyoshi ^a   Arai, Hajime ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholinergic neuron; Congenital hydrocephalus; HTX rat; IL 1 ; IL 6; Nerve growth factor

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0029941066     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121007     Document Type: Article

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