Age-related changes in c-fos mRNA induction after open-field exposure in the rat brain

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-55

  Nagahara, Alan H ^a   Handa, Robert J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; c jun; caudate; immediate early genes; in situ hybridization; open field; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031054140     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(96)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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