Chronic ethanol intake and ageing effects on cortical and basal forebrain cholinergic parameters: Morphometric and biochemical studies

Addiction Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-36

  Fernandes, Paula Avila ^a   Ribeiro, Ângela M ^a   Pereira, Rodrigo F S ^a   Marra, Hellen L D ^a   Pittella, José E H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AGING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0036150209     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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