Density of choline acetyltransferase-immunoreactive terminals in the rat dentate gyrus after entorhinal cortex lesions: A quantitative light microscope study

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-63

  Henderson, Z ^a   Harrison, P S ^a   Jagger, E ^a   Beeby, J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Medeval Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Axonal sprouting; Choline acetyltransferase; Dentate gyrus; Entorhinal cortex; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031817441     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6833     Document Type: Article

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