Age-related change of neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive neurons in the cerebral cortex of aged rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-40

  Cha, Choong Ik ^a   Lee, Young Il ^a   Park, Kyeong Han ^a   Baik, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aged rats; Cerebral cortex; Immunocytochemistry; Loss of neurons; Neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030590250     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12876-7     Document Type: Article

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