Lumbar motor neuron size and number is affected by age in male F344 rats

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 205-216

  Jacob, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fischer 344 rat; Lumbar motor neuron; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; PARAFFIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TISSUE FIXATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL SIZE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032404088     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(98)00117-1     Document Type: Article

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