Moderate lesion of the rat cholinergic septohippocampal pathway increases hippocampal nerve growth factor synthesis: Evidence for long-term compensatory changes?

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 177-181

  Hellweg, Rainer ^a   Humpel, Christian ^b   Löwe, Andrea ^a   Hörtnagl, Heide ^c,d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT); Cholinergic basal forebrain; Ethylcholine aziridinium (AF64A); Nerve growth factor (NGF); Neurotrophin 3 (NT 3); Septohippocampal pathway

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ETHYLCHOLINE MUSTARD AZIRIDINIUM; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; AZIRIDINES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHOLINE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031127035     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00310-5     Document Type: Article

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