Vitamin A deficiency affects neither frontocortical acetylcholine nor working memory

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-243

  Stancampiano, Roberto ^a   Carta, Manolo ^a   Fadda, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Prefrontal cortex; Retinoids; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; RETINOID ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; WORKING MEMORY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33847219278     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280115c0c     Document Type: Article

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