Evidence for degeneration of monoaminergic fibers in the spinal cord of zitter mutant rats

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Okuda, Keiko ^a   Saitoh, Yuuki ^a   Kitajima, Toshimitsu ^a   Yamaoka, Sadao ^a   Ueda, Shuichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mutant rat; Serotonin; Spinal Cord; Superoxide; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032843934     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.32.341     Document Type: Article

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