The effect of long-term post-ischemic bifemelane hydrochloride treatment on cholinergic systems in the gerbil hippocampus

Brain Research

Volumn 722, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 195-199

  Huang, Yi Lin ^a   Onodera, Hiroshi ^a   Takeda, Atsushi ^a   Itoyama, Yasuto ^a   Kogure, Kyuya ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kanto Neurosurgery Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetylcholinesterase; hippocampus; ischemia; muscarinic receptor; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIFEMELANE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029996950     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00192-8     Document Type: Article

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