Septohippocampal Acetylcholine: Involved in but not Necessary for Learning and Memory?

Learning and Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-20

  Parent, Marise B ^a   Baxter, Mark G ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0842347486     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.69104     Document Type: Review

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