The effects of selective cholinergic basal forebrain lesions and aging upon expectancy in the rat

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 214-227

  Stoehr, James D ^a   Mobley, Sherri L ^a   Roice, Daschelle ^a   Brooks, Rachel ^a   Baker, Lauren M ^a   Wiley, Ronald G ^b   Wenk, Gary L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOTOXIN; NEUROKININ B; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SAPORIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL LOSS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTANCY; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031148292     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1997.3768     Document Type: Article

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