Cholinergic deficits in aged rat spinal cord: Restoration by GM1 ganglioside

Brain Research

Volumn 761, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 250-256

  Vogelsberg, Vanessa ^a   Fong, Tamara G ^a   Neff, Norton H ^a   Hadjiconstantinou, Maria ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic neuron; GM1 ganglioside; Hemicholinium 3 binding; High affinity choline transport; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GM1; HEMICHOLINIUM 3;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOSOME;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; G(M1) GANGLIOSIDE; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0030739304     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00326-0     Document Type: Article

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