Articles by author - Oyun Khookhor

The response of the autonomic nervous system to the cholinesterase inhibitor, donepezil.

Umegaki H, Khookhor O.

Journal Article 2013; 34(5): 383-387 PubMed PMID: 23922048  Keywords:  Animals, Autonomic Nervous System:drug effects, Cholinesterase Inhibitors:pharmacology, Heart Rate:drug effects, Indans:pharmacology, Male, Piperidines:pharmacology, Rats, Rats, Wistar,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Donepezil, a cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) that is widely used to treat Alzheimer's disease, is thought to act by increasing .....

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The cholinergic stimulation of the hippocampus induced the activation of the sympathetic nervous system.

Khookhor O, Umegaki H.

Journal Article 2013; 34(1): 58-61 PubMed PMID: 23524625  Keywords:  Animals, Cholinergic Neurons:drug effects, Cholinesterase Inhibitors:pharmacology, Heart Rate:drug effects, Hippocampus:cytology, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System:cytology, Male, Microinjections, Neostigmine:pharmacology, Pituitary-Adrenal System:cytology, .    Citation

OBJECTIVES: We previously demonstrated that the direct microinjection of cholinesterase inhibitor (neostigmine) into the hippocampus in ra.....

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