Neurotrophic factors rescue basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and improve performance on a spatial learning test

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-186

  Lee, Yu Shang ^a,b   Danandeh, Andalib ^a   Baratta, Janie ^a   Lin, Ching Yi ^b   Yu, Jen ^a   Robertson, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; ChAT; Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic; Neuronal plasticity; Neurotrophins; NGF; NT3; Target selection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; SAPORIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEARNING; MINIPUMP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BASAL FOREBRAIN; CHAT; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTROPHINS; NGF; NT3; TARGET SELECTION;

ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LEARNING; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PROSENCEPHALON; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84884958005     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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