Subcellular relationships between cholinergic terminals and estrogen receptor-α in the dorsal hippocampus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 463, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 390-401

  Towart, Laura A ^a   Alves, Stephen E ^b   Znamensky, Vladimir ^a,c   Hayashi, Shinji ^d   McEwen, Bruce S ^c   Milner, Teresa A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Electron microscopy; Hippocampus; Neurotransmitter release; Rat; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0038104285     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10753     Document Type: Article

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