Chronic ethanol ingestion produces cholinergic hypofunction in rat brain

Alcohol

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-98

  Floyd, E A ^a,b   Young Seigler, A C ^b   Ford, B D ^c   Reasor, J D ^b   Moore, E L ^b   Townsel, J G ^b   Rucker, H K ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Cholinergic; Ethanol; Nucleus basalis of Meynert

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PARIETAL LOBE; RAT;

EID: 0031037720     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(97)86147-2     Document Type: Article

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