β-amyloid-induced cholinergic denervation correlates with enhanced nitric oxide synthase activity in rat cerebral cortex: Reversal by NMDA receptor blockade

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 405-411

  O'Mahony, S ^a   Harkany, T ^b,c   Rensink, A A M ^b   Abraham I ^b,e   De Jong, G I ^b   Varga, J L ^d   Zarandi M ^d   Penke, B ^d   Nyakas, C ^b,c   Luiten, P G M ^b   Leonard, B E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

amyloid; Cholinergic system; Ifenprodil tartrate; Magnocellular basal nucleus; N methyl D aspartate receptor; Nitric Oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; IFENPRODIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINESTERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARASYMPATHECTOMY; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, SIGMA;

EID: 0032031810     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00405-X     Document Type: Article

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