Author name: Kristen Hartman

Ferreira G, Meurisse M, Gervais R, Ravel N, Levy F (2001) Extensive immunolesions of basal forebrain cholinergic system impair offspring recognition in sheep. Neuroscience 106(1):103-116. doi: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00265-2 Summary: Through the use of 192-Saporin (Cat. #IT-01) the association of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons to learning instrumental tasks has been well established in the rat. The authors

Harrell LE, Parsons D, Kolasa K (2001) Hippocampal sympathetic ingrowth occurs following 192-IgG-saporin administration. Brain Res 911:158-162. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02626-9 Summary: Electrolytic lesions of the medial septal region in rats cause peripheral sympathetic fibers from the superior cervical ganglia to grow into the cholinergically-denervated areas of the hippocampus. This lesioning method is non-specific and disrupts several

Burk JA, Sarter M (2001) Dissociation between the attentional functions mediated via basal forebrain cholinergic and GABAergic neurons. Neuroscience 105(4):899-909. doi: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00233-0 Summary: The specificity and efficacy of 192-Saporin (Cat. #IT-01) has allowed the extensive investigation of cortical cholinergic inputs in attentional functions. Little is known about the function of non-cholinergic neurons because of the

Daniels D, Miselis RR, Flanagan-Cato LM (2001) Transneuronal tracing from sympathectomized lumbar epaxial muscle in female rats. J Neurobiol 48(4):278-290. doi: 10.1002/neu.1057 Summary: The authors use pseudorabies virus (PRV) to study central neural networks such as the one controlling the lordosis reflex (increased curvature of the spine). To aid in the separation of the sympathetic

Linster C, Garcia PA, Hasselmo ME, Baxter MG (2001) Selective loss of cholinergic neurons projecting to the olfactory system increases perceptual generalization between similar, but not dissimilar, odorants. Behav Neurosci 115(4):826-833. doi: 10.1037//0735-7044.115.4.826 Summary: Selective cholinergic lesioning of the basal forebrain has been linked to attentional and cognitive deficits. 192-Saporin (Cat. #IT-01) was administered to

Motooka Y, Kondoh T, Nomura T, Tamaki N, Tozaki H, Kanno T, Nishizaki T (2001) Selective cholinergic denervation inhibits expression of long-term potentiation in the adult but not infant rat hippocampus. Devel Brain Res 129:119-123. doi: 10.1016/s0165-3806(01)00179-1 Summary: The authors studied the possible role of cholinergic systems in long-term potentiation (LTP), which is one of