Author name: Kristen Hartman

Parent MB, Baxter MG (2004) Septohippocampal acetylcholine: involved in but not necessary for learning and memory?. Learn Mem 11:9-20. doi: 10.1101/lm.69104 Summary: In this review the authors describe some of the methods and rationale behind the investigation of hippocampal acetylcholine and its role in the support of learning and memory processes. Results produced by the […]

Smith JE, Co C, Yin X, Sizemore GM, Liguori A, Johnson WE 3rd, Martin TJ (2004) Involvement of cholinergic neuronal systems in intravenous cocaine self-administration. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 27(8):841-850. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2003.11.002 Summary: Recent studies have demonstrated that cholinergic neurons take part in the process of cocaine self-administration. In this study the authors used 0.25 µg-injections

Chiken S, Hatanaka N, Tokuno H (2003) Cytochrome oxidase activity in the monkey globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus after ablation of striatal interneurons expressing substance P receptors. Neurosci Lett 353(2):103-106. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.09.026 Summary: 1-6 µl of 15-20 ng/µl SP-SAP (Cat. #IT-07) was injected into the forelimb representation of the putamen. Animals were examined for the

Fargo KN, Sengelaub DR (2004) Testosterone manipulation protects motoneurons from dendritic atrophy after contralateral motoneuron depletion. J Comp Neurol 469(1):96-106. doi: 10.1002/cne.10991 Summary: The authors wished to investigate the therapeutic effects of testosterone on motoneuron dendrites in nerve injury models. 1 µl of a 0.1% solution of CTB-SAP (Cat. #IT-14) solution was unilaterally injected into

Gerashchenko D, Murillo-Rodriguez E, Lin L, Xu M, Hallett L, Nishino S, Mignot E, Shiromani PJ (2003) Relationship between CSF hypocretin levels and hypocretin neuronal loss. Exp Neurol 184(2):1010-1016. doi: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00388-1 Summary: Narcolepsy has recently been shown to be a neurodegenerative disease. Data from several different sources indicate that narcoleptics have very low levels of