Hypertrophy of basal forebrain neurons and enhanced visuospatial memory in perinatally choline-supplemented rats

Brain Research

Volumn 794, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 225-238

  Williams, Christina L ^a   Meck, Warren H ^a   Heyer, Dee Dee ^b   Loy, Rebekah ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Choline; Nerve growth factor; P75 neurotrophin receptor; Sex difference; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONS; OVARY; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0032103044     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00229-7     Document Type: Article

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