Effects of estrogen replacement on choline acetyltransferase and trkA mRNA expression in the basal forebrain of aged rats

Brain Research

Volumn 789, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 343-346

  Singer, Cherie A ^a   McMillan, Pamela J ^a   Dobie, Dorcas J ^a,b   Dorsa, Daniel M ^a  

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

^b Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Basal forebrain; Choline acetyltransferase; Estrogen; Neurotrophins; trkA

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN; NEUROTROPHIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OVARIECTOMY; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032513587     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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