Few cholinergic neurons in the rat basal forebrain coexpress galanin messenger RNA

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 391, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 248-258

  Miller, Margaret A ^a,b   Kolb, Pamella E ^a   Planas, Barbara ^a   Raskind, Murray A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Hippocampus; Memory

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLCHICINE; GALANIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GALANIN; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032498513     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980209)391:2<248::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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