Selective lesion of medial septal cholinergic neurons followed by a mini-stroke impairs spatial learning in rats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-42

  Craig, Laura A ^a   Hong, Nancy S ^a   Kopp, Joelle ^a   McDonald, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

192 IgG Saporin; Alzheimer's disease; Hippocampus; Ischemia; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOTOXIN; SAPORIN; WATER;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DEPLETION; EXPERIMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STROKE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL COUNT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTOXINS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONS; OXAZINES; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS, TYPE 1; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE;

EID: 59449102287     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1592-5     Document Type: Article

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