Age-related changes in the soluble and the membrane-bound Tyr-aminopeptidase activities in several areas of the male and female rat brain

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 465-469

  De Gandarias, Juan M ^a   Irazusta, Jon ^a   Echevama, Enrique ^a   Gil, Javier ^a   Casis, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; ENKEPHALIN; MEMBRANE ENZYME; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT;

AGING; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029895716     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960465     Document Type: Article

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