The development of oxidative metabolism in diencephalic structures of the rat: A quantitative study

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-38

  González Pardo, Héctor ^a,b   Novelli, Antonello ^a   Menéndez Patterson, Angeles ^a   Arias, Jorge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Psicología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamus; Brain aging; Cytochrome oxidase; Development; Mammillary bodies; Quantitative histochemistry

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DIENCEPHALON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029795187     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(96)00007-x     Document Type: Article

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