Glial and neuronal cell numbers and cytochrome oxidase activity in CA1 and CA3 during postnatal development and aging of the rat

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-60

  Cimadevilla, J M ^a   Garcia Moreno, L M ^b   Gonzalez Pardo, H ^a   Zahonero, M C ^b   Arias, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain aging; Cell number; Cytochrome oxidase; Hippocampus; Postnatal development; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOMETRY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030635283     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)00090-0     Document Type: Article

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