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ArticleJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2006

Chronic alcohol intoxication in rats leads to a strong but transient increase in NGF levels in distinct brain regions.

C A Gericke, O Schulte-Herbrüggen, T Arendt, R Hellweg

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Article in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

C A GerickeInstitute of Health Sciences, Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Germany.
O Schulte-Herbrüggen
T Arendt
R Hellweg
Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DELeipzig University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nerve growth factor (NGF), a member of the neurotrophin family, is an essential mediator of neuronal activity and synaptic plasticity of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons. In this study NGF-protein levels were determined in areas of the basal forebrain cholinergic system, its projection areas as well as the striatum and the cerebellum after long-term exposure (6 and 9 months) to ethanol and a phase of withdrawal in male Sprague-Dawley rats. 6-month alcohol treatment led to an increase of NGF to 650-850% of controls in the basal forebrain and the septum and to a 210-485% increase in the cholinergic projection areas (anterior cortex, hippocampus and olfactory bulb). After 9 months exposure to ethanol, a decrease of NGF by 16% in the frontal cortex was observed compared to controls. In the other brain regions no differences in NGF expression were detectable at this time-point. These results support the idea of an endogenous neuroprotective mechanism acting through a transient NGF induction followed by a decrease in NGF-levels during the course of further neuronal degeneration.

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AcetylcholineAlcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous SystemAlcoholismAnimalsBasal Nucleus of MeynertBrainCentral Nervous System DepressantsCholinergic FibersChronic DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalEthanolMaleNerve DegenerationNerve Growth FactorNerve RegenerationNeuronal PlasticityAcetylcholineCentral Nervous System DepressantsEthanolNerve Growth Factor

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