Stress-induced changes in brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression are attenuated in aged Fischer 344/N rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 859-864

  Smith, Mark A ^a   Cizza, Giovanni ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

hippocampus; locus coeruleus; nerve growth factor; neurotrophin 3; nucleus; paraventricular

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030293881     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(96)00066-8     Document Type: Article

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