Effects of neonatal handling on the basal forebrain cholinergic system of adult male and female rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-314

  Pondiki, S ^a   Stamatakis, A ^a   Fragkouli, A ^a   Philippidis, H ^a   Stylianopoulou, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

AChE; ChAT; early handling; M1 and M2 muscarinic receptors; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL COUNT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M1; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33748807458     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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