A comparison of the density of NADPH-diaphorase-reactive neurons in the fascia dentata and Ammon's horn between 6-month and 12-month old Dark Agouti rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-217

  Vaid, R Roy ^a   Yee, Benjamin K ^a,b   Rawlins, J Nicholas P ^a   Totterdell, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aging; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENESCENCE;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032524390     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00215-0     Document Type: Article

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