Systemic administration of anti-NGF antibodies to neonatal mice impairs 24-h retention of an inhibitory avoidance task while increasing ChAT immunoreactivity in the medial septum

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-91

  Calamandrei, Gemma ^a   Ricceri, Laura ^a   Valanzano, Angelina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti nerve growth factor (anti NGF); Brain cholinergic system; Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT); Development; Learning; Memory; Nerve growth factor (NGF); Rodent; Septum

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0030221706     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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