Tamoxifen enhances choline acetyltransferase mRNA expression in rat basal forebrain cholinergic neurons

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 140-145

  McMillan, Pamela J ^a   LeMaster, Ann M ^b   Dorsa, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; ChAT; Estrogen; Neurotrophic; SERM; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; ANTIESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMAL; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TAMOXIFEN; ANIMALS;

EID: 0037198920     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(02)00195-X     Document Type: Article

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