Morphological and physiological investigation of the effect of age on the rat lacrimal gland

Biogenic Amines

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 509-523

  Draper, E ^a   Singh, J ^a   Brown, J ^a   Pallot, D J ^b   Parvez, H ^c   Adeghate, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Acetylcholine; Adrenaline; Age; GABA; Histamine protein; Lacrimal glands; Peroxidase; VIP

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; HISTAMINE; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INNERVATION; LACRIMAL GLAND; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUCOUS CELL; NERVE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030979668     PISSN: 01688561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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