Age-related changes in brain neurotransmission

Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 14-21

  Petkov, V D ^a   Petkov, V V ^a   Stancheva, S L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Brain cortex; Dopamine; Enkephalin receptors; Hypothalamus; Monoamine oxidase isoenzymes; Neurotransmitter content; Noradrenaline; Serotonin; Striatum

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; ENKEPHALIN RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

AGE; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHORT SURVEY;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; FRONTAL LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN;

EID: 0023925022     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212925     Document Type: Article

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