Nerve growth factor response to excitotoxic lesion of the cholinergic basal forebrain is slightly impaired in aged rats

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 627-639

  Gericke, C A ^a   Lang, U E ^a   Steckler, T ^b   Schulze, G ^a   Bajbouj, M ^a   Hellweg, R ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JANSSEN CILAG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT); Cholinergic basal forebrain; Nerve growth factor (NGF); Quisqualic acid; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; QUISQUALIC ACID;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENESCENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTOXINS; QUISQUALIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0038521224     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-002-0819-z     Document Type: Article

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