Enhancement of hippocampal acetylcholine release by the neurosteroid dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate: An in vivo microdialysis study

Brain Research

Volumn 733, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 284-286

  Rhodes, Michael E ^a   Li, Pui Kai ^a   Flood, James F ^b   Johnson, David A ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Hippocampus; Memory; Microdialysis; Neurosteroid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PRASTERONE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030590485     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00751-2     Document Type: Article

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