Effects of thyroxin and donepezil on hippocampal acetylcholine content and syntaxin-1 and munc-18 expression in adult rats with hypothyroidism

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 529-536

  Wang, Nan ^a   Cai, Yaojun ^a   Wang, Fen ^a   Zeng, Xianzhong ^a   Jia, Xuemei ^a   Tao, Fangbiao ^a   Zhu, Defa ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Donepezil; Hippocampus; Hypothyroidism; Munc 18; Syntaxin 1; Thyroxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893013451     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2014.1487     Document Type: Article

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