Presynaptic markers of cholinergic function in the rat brain: Relationship with age and cognitive status

Neuroscience

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 771-780

  Baxter, M G ^a   Frick, K M ^b   Price, D L ^c   Breckler, S J ^b   Markowska, A L ^b   Gorman, L K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Neurology   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Ageing; Basal forebrain; Memory; Septohippocampal system; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC;

EID: 0032915465     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00374-1     Document Type: Article

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