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Comparative Study
. 1985 May 20;334(2):380-4.
doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(85)90237-9.

Strain-dependent variations in the number of forebrain cholinergic neurons

A Albanese, S Gozzo, C Iacopino, M C Altavista
Comparative Study

Strain-dependent variations in the number of forebrain cholinergic neurons

A Albanese et al. Brain Res. .

Abstract

The morphological organization of putatively cholinergic neurons was studied in the forebrain of two inbred mouse strains (C57BL/6 and DBA/2) by means of acetylcholinesterase pharmacohistochemistry. In both strains, putatively cholinergic perikarya were seen in the caudato-putamen, medial septum, diagonal band, and basal nucleus of Meynert: in all these regions, their distribution was similar in both strains, but their density was significantly higher (from 20 to 32%) in DBA/2 mice. The present data demonstrate the existence of genetically determined differences in the organization of forebrain cholinergic systems.

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