Effects of estrogen on potassium-stimulated acetylcholine release in the hippocampus and overlying cortex of adult rats

Brain Research

Volumn 749, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-146

  Gibbs, Robert B ^a   Hashash, Ahmad ^b   Johnson, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Basal forebrain; Choline acetyltransferase; In vivo microdialysis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICRODIALYSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031036392     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01375-3     Document Type: Article

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