Effects of fetal septal grafts on memory and learning performance with hippocampal acetylcholine and choline metabolism in fimbria transected rats

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-202

  Ipekoglu S Z ^a,b   Buyukuysal L ^a   Ulus, I H ^a   Korfali, E ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Behavior; Brain tissue transplantation; Fimbria; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0033952757     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020050017     Document Type: Article

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