Effect of acute noise stress on acetylcholine content in discrete areas of rat brain

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-292

  Sembulingam, K ^a   Sembulingam, Prema ^a   Namasivayam, A ^b  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Brain; Cholinergic system; Noise stress; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032879496     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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