Sexually dimorphic effects of hippocampal cholinergic deafferentation in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3041-3053

  Jonasson, Zachariah ^a   Cahill, Jonathan F X ^a   Tobey, Rachel E ^a   Baxter, Mark G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Basal forebrain; Reference memory; Saporin; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NEUROTOXIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FACILITATION; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTOXINS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 10844283649     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03739.x     Document Type: Article

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