No nerve growth factor response to treatment with memantine in adult rats

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-190

  Lang, U E ^a   Muhlbacher M ^b   Hesselink, M B ^c,d   Zajaczkowski, W ^c,e   Danysz, W ^c   Danker Hopfe, H ^a   Hellweg, R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Germany)

^c MERZ PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH   (Germany)

^d Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT); Excitotoxic lesion; Memantine; Memory; Nerve growth factor (NGF)

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MEMANTINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; MEMANTINE; MEMORY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 10744228192     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-003-0090-y     Document Type: Article

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