Histological evidence for cholinergic alteration in the hippocampus following entorhinal cortex lesion

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 7-11

  Ueki, Akinori ^a   Miwa, Chitoku ^a   Oohara, Kazuyuki ^a   Miyoshi, Koho ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetylcholinesterase positive fiber; Alzheimer's disease; dentate gyrus; entorhinal cortex; hippocampal CA3 field; ibotenic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; IBOTENIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030271440     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00113-X     Document Type: Article

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