Prevention of age-related memory deficit in transgenic mice by human choline acetyltransferase

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 683, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 174-178

  Dong, Zhaohui ^a   Fu, Ailing ^b  

^a CHENGDU MILITARY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Choline acetyltransferase; Learning and memory; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEP THROUGH TEST; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS;

EID: 84860497298     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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