Transcription supports age-related increases of GFAP gene expression in the male rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-110

  Yoshida, Toru ^a   Goldsmith, Sara K ^a   Morgan, Todd E ^a   Stone, David J ^a   Finch, Caleb E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP); In situ hybridization; Intron; Rat brain; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030572692     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12966-9     Document Type: Article

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