Arachidonate transport through the blood-retina and blood-brain barrier of the rat during aging

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-148

  Strosznajder, Joanna ^a   Chalimoniuk, Malgorzata ^a   Strosznajder, Robert P ^a   Albanese, Vincenzo ^b   Alberghina, Mario ^c  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Arachidonic acid; Blood brain barrier; Phospholipids; Retina

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA;

EID: 0029885199     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12624-0     Document Type: Article

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