Regional changes of NADPH-diaphorase and neuropeptide Y neurons in the cerebral cortex of aged Fischer 344 rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 79-82

  Huh, Youngbuhm ^a   Lee, Wonkyu ^a   Cho, Jungsik ^b   Ahn, Heekyung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Toxicological Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aged rat; Cerebral cortex; NADPH diaphorase; Neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FRONTAL CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0032524631     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00240-7     Document Type: Article

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