Degenerative changes in the serotonergic fibers in the spinal cord of zitter mutant rat

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-268

  Saitoh, Yuuki ^a   Kitajima, Toshimitsu ^a   Yamaoka, Sadao ^a   Ueda, Shuichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Mutant rat; Serotonin; Spinal cord; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030424929     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.29.265     Document Type: Article

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