Chronic systemic injection of D-galactose impairs the septohippocampal cholinergic system in rats

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1611-1615

  Lei, Ming ^a   Su, Yang ^a   Hua, Xiangdong ^a   Ding, Jiong ^a   Han, Qunying ^a   Hu, Gang ^a   Xiao, Ming ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain aging; Cholinergic system; D galactose; Neurodegeneration; Rats

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 55349104770     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283136a1f     Document Type: Article

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