Alterations in GAP-43-immunoreactive innervation in the aging rat pituitary

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 138-142

  Saland, L C ^a   Perrone Bizzozero, N I ^a   Sower, A ^a   Samora, A ^a   Ramirez, D ^a   Apodaca, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging rat; GAP 43; immunocytochemistry; pituitary innervation

Indexed keywords

NEUROMODULIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029932459     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12551-9     Document Type: Article

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