Changes in NADPH-diaphorase neurons of the rat laterodorsal and pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei in aging

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-128

  Lolova, Ivanka S ^a   Lolov, Stephan R ^b   Itzev, Dimitar E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aging; Cholinergic innervation; Laterodorsal; NADPH diaphorase; Pedunculopontine; Tegmental nuclei

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CELL COUNT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030592316     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01767-8     Document Type: Article

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