Article
Two different molecules, NGF and free-HCNP, stimulate cholinergic activity in septal nuclei in vitro in a different manner.
Brain research. Developmental brain research - 13 May 1994
Ojika K, Mitake S, Kamiya T, Kosuge N, Taiji M
Abstract excerpt
Hippocampal cholinergic neurostimulating peptide (HCNP), a novel peptide purified from 10- to 12-day-old rat hippocampus, specifically enhances acetylcholine (AcCho) synthesis in medial septal nuclei in vitro, synthetic de-acetylated HCNP (free-HCNP) elicits more potent enhancement than HCNP. Nerve growth factor (NGF), a neurotrophic substance found in the hippocampus, enhances the cholinergic activity of medial...
Topics
- Acetylcholine
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Choline
- Choline O-Acetyltransferase
- Corpus Striatum
- Hippocampus
- Kinetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nerve Growth Factors
