Threshold relationship between lesion extent of the cholinergic basal forebrain in the rat and working memory impairment in the radial maze

Brain Research

Volumn 847, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 284-298

  Wrenn, Craige C ^a,c   Lappi, Douglas A ^b   Wiley, Ronald G ^c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Advanced Targeting Systems   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Acetylcholine; Cholinergic basal forebrain; Immunotoxin; Radial maze; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; IMMUNOTOXIN; SAPORIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN INJURY; CANCER GRADING; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; IMMUNOTOXINS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PROSENCEPHALON; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN;

EID: 0032702092     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02099-5     Document Type: Article

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