Occurrence of γ-aminobutyric acid-transaminase activity in nerve fibers of human thymus

Human Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1072-1079

  Cavallotti, Daniela ^a   Artico, Marco ^a   De Santis, Stefano ^a   Cavallotti, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Biochemical dosage; Gabatransaminase; Histoenzymatic staining; Nerve fibers; Quantitative image analysis; Thymus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; THYMUS GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032711131     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(99)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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