Effects of cholinergic depletion on experience-dependent plasticity in the cortex of the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1159-1169

  Baskerville, K A ^a   Schweitzer, J B ^a   Herron, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Immunotoxin; Nucleus basalis of Meynert; Posteromedial barrel subfield; Receptive fields; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUFFER; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOTOXIN; SAPORIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; EXPERIENCE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; IMMUNOTOXINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0030747603     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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