Prenatal choline deficiency decreases the cross-sectional area of cholinergic neurons in the medial septal nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 977, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 278-283

  McKeon O'Malley, Catherine ^a,b   Siwek, Donald ^a,b   Lamoureux, Jeffrey A ^c   Williams, Christina L ^c   Kowall, Neil W ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline; Medial septal nucleus; Neuronal area; p75 Neurotrophin receptor

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P75;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0038169051     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02599-X     Document Type: Article

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