Regulatable acetylcholine-producing fibroblasts enhance cognitive performance

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 175-182

  Pizzo, Donald P ^a,b,e   Coufal, Nicole G ^a,b,c   Lortie, Mark J ^d   Gage, Fred H ^c   Thal, Leon J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Choline acetyltransferase; Gene therapy; Ibotenic acid; Spatial learning; Transplantation; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; IBOTENIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CELL LINE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FIBROBLAST; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOXYCYCLINE; DROSOPHILA; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE THERAPY; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 28844500800     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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