Target-specific differences in the dendritic morphology and neuropeptide content of neurons in the rat SCG during development and aging

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-44

  Andrews, Timothy J ^a,b   Thrasivoulou, Christopher ^a   Nesbit, Wilhelmina ^a   Cowen, Timothy ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrophy; NPY; sympathetic neurons

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; IRIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CELL SIZE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DENDRITES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0029892407     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960422)368:1<33::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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