Acetylcholinesterase activity in an experimental rat model of Type C hepatic encephalopathy

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 358-362

  Méndez, Marta ^a   Méndez López, Magdalena ^a   López, Laudino ^a   Aller, María A ^b   Arias, Jaime ^b   Arias, Jorge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Cirrhosis; Hepatic encephalopathy; Rat; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ANTERODORSAL THALAMUS; ANTEROVENTRAL THALAMUS; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOWN REGULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; UPREGULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79952008643     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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