The septohippocampal cholinergic system and spatial working memory in the Morris water maze

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-46

  Frielingsdorf, Helena ^a,b,c   Thal, Leon J ^a,b   Pizzo, Donald P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Hippocampus; Medial septum; Morris water maze; NGF

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PARVALBUMIN; SAPORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTOXINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 31444454719     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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