Sex-specific 24-h acetylcholine release profile in the medial prefrontal cortex: Simultaneous measurement of spontaneous locomotor activity in behaving rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-15

  Takase, K ^a,b   Kimura, F ^a   Yagami, T ^b   Mitsushima, D ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cholinergic neuron; CNS acetylcholine release; in vivo microdialysis; memory; rat; sex difference

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 60349098371     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.12.039     Document Type: Article

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