The nucleus basalis magnocellularis cholinergic system: One hundred years of progress

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-95

  Wenk, Gary L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOTOXIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SAPORIN;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; REVIEW; REWARD; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031104593     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.3757     Document Type: Review

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