The cholinergic system, circadian rhythmicity, and time memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 466-480

  Hut, R A ^a   Van der Zee, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Biological rhythms; Cholinergic system; Circadian system; Muscarinic receptor; Nicotinic receptor; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Time memory; Time stamping

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; VASOPRESSIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEMORY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME MEMORY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79955715083     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.11.039     Document Type: Review

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