Attenuated stress response of hippocampal acetylcholine release and adrenocortical secretion in aged rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-52

  Mizuno, Tooru ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CORTICOSTERONE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS;

EID: 0031038491     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13340-7     Document Type: Article

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