Estrogen modulates spontaneous alternation and the cholinergic phenotype in the basal forebrain

Neuroscience

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1143-1153

  Miller, M M ^a   Hyder, S M ^b   Assayag, R ^a   Panarella, S R ^a   Tousignant, P ^a   Franklin, K B J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Ageing; Choline acetyltransferase; Estrogen receptor alpha; Memory; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; THALAMUS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0032932578     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00690-3     Document Type: Article

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