Evaluation of muscarinic M2 receptor sites in basal forebrain and brainstem cholinergic systems of behaviorally characterized young and aged long-evans rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-225

  Gill, T M ^a   Gallagher, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AF DX 384; Basal forebrain; Brainstem; Cholinergic neurons; M2 receptors; Rats; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; N [2 [2 (DIPROPYLAMINOMETHYL) 1 PIPERIDYL]ETHYL] 5,11 DIHYDRO 6 OXO 6H PYRIDO[2,3 B][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 11 CARBOXAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEGMENTUM;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN STEM; DENSITOMETRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PIRENZEPINE; PROSENCEPHALON; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC;

EID: 0031822613     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00048-7     Document Type: Article

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