Seizure induced C-Fos mRNA in the rat brain: Comparison between young and aging animals

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-44

  Retchkiman, Igor ^a   Fischer, Barbara ^a   Platt, Dieter ^a   Wagner, Aurel Popa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; c fos; Cortex; Hippocannpus; mRNA; Pentylenetetrazole (Metrazole); Rat

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PENTETRAZOLE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030067718     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(95)02022-5     Document Type: Article

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