Galanin gene expression declines with adulthood in the cholinergic fields of the horizontal diagonal band of male rats

Brain Research

Volumn 728, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-64

  Planas, Barbara ^a   Kolb, Pamella E ^a   Raskind, Murray A ^a,b   Miller, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Cholinergic; Diagonal band of Broca; Galinin; Gene expression; Horizontal limb; In situ hybridization histochemistry

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT;

EID: 0030597995     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00387-3     Document Type: Article

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