Publication Date:
1987-11-13
Description:
The long-term effects of excitotoxic lesions in the nucleus basalis magnocellularis of the rat were found to mimic several neuropathological and chemical changes associated with Alzheimer's disease. Neuritic plaque-like structures, neurofibrillary changes, and neuronal atrophy or loss were observed in the frontoparietal cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and entorhinal cortex 14 months after the lesions were made. Cholinergic markers in neocortex were reduced, while catecholamine and indoleamine metabolism was largely unaffected at this time. Bilateral lesions of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis increased somatostatin and neuropeptide Y in the cortex of the rat by at least 138 and 284 percent, respectively, suggesting a functional interaction between cholinergic and peptidergic neurons that may differ from that in Alzheimer's disease.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Arendash, G W -- Millard, W J -- Dunn, A J -- Meyer, E M -- HD 17933/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Nov 13;238(4829):952-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2890210" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism
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Animals
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Biogenic Amines/metabolism
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Brain/metabolism/*pathology
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Cerebral Cortex/metabolism/*pathology
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Choline/metabolism
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Choline O-Acetyltransferase/metabolism
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Male
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Neuropeptide Y/analysis
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Olivary Nucleus/*physiology
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Organ Specificity
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Rats
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Rats, Inbred Strains
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Somatostatin/analysis
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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