Chronic administration of a partial muscarinic M1 receptor agonist attenuates decreases in forebrain choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity following experimental brain trauma

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-65

  Pike, Brian R ^a   Hamm, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; PARTIAL AGONIST;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031239821     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6582     Document Type: Article

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