Abnormalities in behavior, learning ability, and the cholinergic system induced by long-term ultraviolet a irradiation of mice

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 182-185

  Hiramoto, Keiichi ^a   Okada, Tomio ^a   Ito, Masafumi ^b  

^a Nippon Menard Cosmetic Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Behavior Acetylcholine; Choline acetyltransferase; Learning ability; Mouse brain; Ultraviolet A

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APTITUDE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; JUMPING; LEARNING DISORDER; LETHARGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029957066     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119274     Document Type: Article

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