Quantitative histochemical study of cytochrome oxidase in the dLGN of aging rats

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

  Diaz F ^a   Villena, A ^a   Requena, V ^a   Gonzalez P ^a   Pelaez A ^a   Perez De Vargas I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Cytochrome oxidase; Densitometry; dLGN

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030568965     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01777-0     Document Type: Article

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