Levels of NGF, p75NGFR and ChAT immunoreactivity in brain of adult and aged microencephalic rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-142

  Cimino, Mauro ^a   Cattabeni, Flaminio ^b   Di Luca, Monica ^b   Peruzzi, Guidubaldo ^a   Andena, Marialuisa ^b   Tirassa, Paola ^c   Angelucci, Francesco ^c   Cozzari, Costantino ^c   Aloe, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Basal nucleus; Cerebral cortex; ChAT; Immunohistochemistry; Methylazoxymethanol; NGF; p75NGFR; Rat

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030058350     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(95)02026-8     Document Type: Article

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