Effects of cholinergic depletion on evoked activity in the cortex of young and aged rats

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 633-643

  Herron, Paul ^a   Li, Zhicheng ^a   Schweitzer, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Nucleus basalis of Meynert; Sensorimotor immunotoxin; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; IMMUNOTOXINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA;

ANIMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0032464398     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(98)00074-4     Document Type: Article

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