Dose-dependent effect of cholinotoxin AF64A on the cholinergic elements of the cingulum bundle in rat

Brain Research

Volumn 965, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 295-298

  Dudas, Bertalan ^a   Rose, Michael ^a   Hanin, Israel ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

AF64A; Alzheimer's disease; Animal model; Choline acetyltransferase; Cingulum bundle

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ETHYLCHOLINE MUSTARD AZIRIDINIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AZIRIDINES; CHOLINE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GYRUS CINGULI; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037424325     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04202-6     Document Type: Article

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