Reduced retrograde labelling with fluorescent tracer accompanies neuronal atrophy of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in aged rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-27

  De Lacalle, S ^a,b   Cooper, J D ^a   Svendsen, C N ^a   Dunnett, S B ^a   Sofroniew, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; choline acetyltransferase; nerve growth factor; neurodegeneration; neurotrophins; retrograde transport

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030572744     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00239-4     Document Type: Article

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