Cholinergic function in the hippocampus of juvenile rats chronically deprived of NGF

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-147

  Avignone, E ^a   Molnar, M ^a   Berretta, N ^a   Casamenti, F ^b   Prosperi, C ^b   Ruberti, F ^a   Cattaneo, A ^a   Cherubini, E ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Carbachol; Development; NGF antibodies; Slow EPSP

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYBRIDOMA; IMPLANTATION; MYELOMA CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYBRIDOMAS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PARASYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0032497092     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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