The effects of neonatal basal forebrain lesions on cognition: Towards understanding the developmental role of the cholinergic basal forebrain

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 603-612

  Berger Sweeney, Joanne ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Acetylcholine; Cortical development; Dendritic development; Developmental disabilities; Down syndrome; Hippocampus; Neocortex; Rett syndrome; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; FOREBRAIN; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032468734     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(98)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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