The effects of NeotrofinTM on septodentate sprouting after unilateral entorhinal cortex lesions in rats

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 51-59

  Ramirez, Julio J ^a   Parakh, T ^a   George, M N ^a   Freeman, L ^a   Thomas, A A ^a   White, C C ^a   Becton, A ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampal formation; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; LETEPRINIM; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; 4 ((3 (1,6 DIHYRO 6 OXO 9H PURIN 9 YL) 1 OXOPROPYL)AMINO)BENZOIC ACID; 4-((3-(1,6-DIHYRO-6-OXO-9H-PURIN-9-YL)-1-OXOPROPYL)AMINO)BENZOIC ACID; AMINOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPOXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DENERVATION; NERVE REGENERATION; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINOBENZOIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; DENERVATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HYPOXANTHINES; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PURINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0035981633     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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