Effects of Two Years of Estrogen Loss or Replacement on Nucleus Basalis Cholinergic Neurons and Cholinergic Fibers to the Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Inferior Parietal Cortex of Monkeys

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 469, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-521

  Tinkler, Gregory Paul ^a   Tobin, Joseph Raphael ^a   Voytko, Mary Lou ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Hormone therapy; Menopause; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TIME;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TIME; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0942287180     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.11028     Document Type: Article

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