Changes of expression levels of choline acetyltransferase and vesicular acetylcholine transporter mRNAs after transection of the hypoglossal nerve in adult rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-98

  Matsuura, Junko ^a   Ajiki, Kyoko ^a   Ichikawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Misawa, Hidemi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Choline acetyltransferase; In situ hybridization; Motor neurons; Rat; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030659599     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00763-5     Document Type: Article

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