Reduction in hippocampal cholinergic innervation is unrelated to recognition memory impairment in aged rhesus monkeys

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 475, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 238-246

  Calhoun, Michael E ^a,c   Mao, Ying ^a   Roberts, Jeffrey A ^b   Rapp, Peter R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; Cognition; Hippocampus; Nonhuman primate; Stereology; Terms

Indexed keywords

VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RHESUS MONKEY; STEREOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 3042769201     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20181     Document Type: Article

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