Effects of estrogen on basal forebrain cholinergic neurons vary as a function of dose and duration of treatment

Brain Research

Volumn 757, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-16

  Gibbs, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Choline acetyltransferase; Immunocytochemistry; Nerve growth factor receptor; p75NGFR

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030985859     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01432-1     Document Type: Article

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