Synaptic plasticity is preserved in the temporal cortex of 20-month-old rats

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-39

  Fischer, Barbara ^a   Wagner, Aurel Popa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortex; Microtubule associated protein 1B; mRNA; Pentylenetetrazole (Metrazole); Rat; Seizure

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENESCENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TIME; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0030923226     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(96)00769-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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