Neonatal handling increases sensitivity to acute neurodegeneration in adult rats

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 463-472

  Horvath, Katalin M ^a   Harkany, Tibor ^a   Mulder, Jan ^a   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^a   Luiten, Paul G M ^a   Meerlo, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholinergic system; Excitotoxicity; Maternal separation; NMDA; Nucleus basalis magnocellularis; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTIVATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CELL DEATH; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 4243150704     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20037     Document Type: Article

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