Morphologic changes in cerebellar mitochondria during aging

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-208

  Fattoretti, Patrizia ^a   Bertoni Freddari, Carlo ^a   Caselli, Ugo ^a   Paoloni, Roberta ^a   Meier Ruge, William ^b  

^a Italian National Research Centers   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aging; cerebellum; mitochondria; succinic dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0029972975     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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