Acetylcholine, aging, and Alzheimer's disease

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 687-696

  Muir, Janice L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; aging; Alzheimer's disease; cognitive dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ESTROGEN; NICOTINE; ONDANSETRON; PHYSOSTIGMINE; TACRINE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030963566     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00431-5     Document Type: Article

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