Ovariectomy combined with amyloid β1-42 impairs memory by decreasing acetylcholine release and α7nAChR expression without induction of apoptosis in the hippocampus CA1 neurons of rats

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-309

  Iwasaki, Katsunori ^a   Hatip Al Khatib, Izzettin ^a,b   Egashira, Nobuaki ^a   Akiyoshi, Yuki ^a   Arai, Takashi ^a   Mishima, Kenichi ^a   Takagaki, Yuki ^a   Inui, Keiichiro ^a   Fujiwara, Michihiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

7nAChR; Acetylcholine; Amyloid 1 42; Apoptosis; Hippocampus CA1; Memory; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN (1 42); AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN (1-42); BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SECRETION; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 21644480293     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033440     Document Type: Article

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