Estrogen enhances potassium-stimulated acetylcholine release in the rat hippocampus

Brain Research

Volumn 962, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 244-247

  Gabor, Rachel ^a   Nagle, Rajesh ^b   Johnson, David A ^b   Gibbs, Robert B ^c  

^a JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Cognition; Estradiol; In vivo microdialysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ESTROGEN; POTASSIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037423062     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04053-2     Document Type: Article

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