No loss of synaptic proteins in the hippocampus of aged, behaviorally impaired rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-348

  Nicolle, Michelle M ^a   Gallagher, Michela ^b   McKinney, Michael ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hippocampus; Spatial learning; Synapse; Wetern blot

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033133484     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00054-8     Document Type: Note

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