Suppressive action produced by β-amyloid peptide fragment 31-35 on long-term potentiation in rat hippocampus is N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-independent: it's offset by (-)huperzine A

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-190

  Ye, Lan ^a   Qiao, Jian Tian ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; Beta amyloid peptides; Hipppocampus; Long term potentiation; N Methyl D aspartate; Rats

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; HUPERZINE A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 0032754141     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00795-8     Document Type: Article

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