Alterations in sympathetic innervation of thymus and spleen in aged mice

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 165-175

  Madden, Kelley S ^a   Bellinger, Denise L ^a   Felten, Suzanne Y ^a   Snyder, Eric ^a   Maida, Mary E ^a   Felten, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Noradrenergic innervation; Spleen; Sympathetic nervous system; Thymus

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; THYMUS; TISSUE LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NOREPINEPHRINE; SPLEEN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THYMUS GLAND; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030961324     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(96)01858-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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