Neuroinflammation not associated with cholinergic degeneration in aged-impaired brain

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2322.e1-2322.e4

  McQuail, Joseph A ^a   Riddle, David R ^a   Nicolle, Michelle M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; Inflammation; Memory; Microglia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEDIAL SEPTUM; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERTICAL DIAGONAL BAND;

EID: 80053628332     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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