Hippocampal interneurons expressing glutamic acid decarboxylase and calcium-binding proteins decrease with aging in Fischer 344 rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 394, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 252-269

  Shetty, Ashok K ^a,b   Turner, Dennis A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Calbindin; Calretinin; Immunocytochemistry; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PARVALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0032482182     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980504)394:2<252::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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