Evidence for the involvement of docosahexaenoic acid in cholinergic stimulated signal transduction at the synapse

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 663-670

  Jones, Collins R ^a   Arai, Toshanari ^a   Rapoport, Stanley I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acid model; Palmitic acid; Phospholipase; Phospholipids; Signal transduction; Subcellular fractions; Synapse

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARECOLINE; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; MALE; PALMITIC ACID; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031004604     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027341707837     Document Type: Article

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