Size and degeneration increase in herring bodies during aging in hamsters

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1093-1099

  Navarro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Axonal transport; Electron microscopy; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; CRICETINAE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0032879618     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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