Nerve growth factor (NGF) augments cortical and hippocampal cholinergic functioning after p75NGF receptor-mediated deafferentation but impairs inhibitory avoidance and induces fear-related behaviors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 834-844

  Winkler, Jürgen ^a,b,c   Ramirez, Gilbert A ^d   Thal, Leon J ^a,b   Waite, Jerene J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

192IgG saporin; Basal forebrain; Choline acetyltransferase; Immunotoxin; Inhibitory avoidance; Low affinity nerve growth factor receptor; NGF; Startle response; Water maze

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SAPORIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEAR; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEOCORTEX; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034651111     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-02-00834.2000     Document Type: Article

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