Loss of nucleus basalis magnocellularis, but not septal, cholinergic neurons correlates with passive avoidance impairment in rats treated with 192-saporin

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 214-218

  Zhang, Z J ^a   Berbos, T G ^a   Wrenn, C C ^a   Wiley, R G ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

192 Saporin; Basal forebrain; Immunotoxin lesion; Nucleus basalis magnocellularis; Passive avoidance; Rats

Indexed keywords

192 SAPORIN; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030045687     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12282-6     Document Type: Article

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