Synaptic changes in the perineal motoneurons of aged male rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 400, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-109

  Matsumoto, Akira ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Androgen; Motoneuron; Synapse

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; PERINEUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032511754     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981012)400:1<103::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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