The acetylcholine innervation of cerebral cortex: New data on its normal development and its fate in the hAPPSW,IND mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-162

  Descarries, L ^a   Aznavour, N ^a   Hamel, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Cerebral cortex; Denervation; Hippocampus; Neurodegeneration; Senile plaques

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VARICOSIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 12144257046     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-004-0186-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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