Increased vulnerability of septal cholinergic neurons to partial loss of target neurons in aged rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-35

  Cooper, J D ^a,b   Sofroniew, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ageing; basal forebrain; cholinergic neurons; nerve growth factor; neurodegeneration; neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EXCITOTOXIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030572748     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00240-0     Document Type: Article

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