Morris water maze analysis of 192-IgG-saporin-lesioned rats and porcine cholinergic transplants to the hippocampus

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-142

  LeBlanc, C J ^a   Deacon, T W ^a   Whatley, B R ^a   Dinsmore, J ^b   Lin, L ^a   Isacson, Ole ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GENVEC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Cholinergic neurons; Hippocampus; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOTOXIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SAPORIN;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MAZE TEST; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032839997     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096368979900800105     Document Type: Article

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