Estrogen replacement does not prevent the loss of choline acetyltransferase-positive cells in the basal forebrain following either neurochemical or mechanical lesions

Brain Research

Volumn 882, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 75-85

  Aggarwal, Payal ^a   Gibbs, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic neuron; Hormone replacement; Ibotenic acid; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN; IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FORNIX (BRAIN); IBOTENIC ACID; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034602121     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02832-8     Document Type: Article

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