Dendritic spine alterations in the hippocampus and parietal cortex of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 233, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-63

  Morley, B J ^a   Mervis, R F ^b,c  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NeuroStructural Research Labs Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha7 nicotinic receptor; CA1 region; Cognition; Dendrite; Hippocampus; Parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR;

AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; GOLGI STAIN; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PARIETAL LOBE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84873152123     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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