Enhancement of learning capacity and cholinergic synaptic function by carnitine in aging rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 266-271

  Ando, S ^a   Tadenuma, T ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a   Fukui, F ^a   Kobayashi, S ^b   Ohashi, Y ^c   Kawabata, T ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine synthesis; Aging rat; Carnitine; Learning

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; LEVACECARNINE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CHOLINE UPTAKE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; COGNITION; DIET, REDUCING; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOMES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0035888178     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.1220     Document Type: Article

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