Age-related changes in the regulation of transcription factor NF-κB in rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-64

  Korhonen, P ^a   Helenius, M ^b   Salminen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Electrophoretic mobility shift assay techniques; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEMPORAL LOBE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030960606     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00190-0     Document Type: Article

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