Acute cholinergic rescue of synaptic plasticity in the neurodegenerating cortex of anti-nerve-growth-factor mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1030-1036

  Pesavento, Emanuele ^a   Capsoni, Simona ^a   Domenici, Luciano ^a,b   Cattaneo, Antonino ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; LTP; NGF deprivation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0036455163     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01937.x     Document Type: Article

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