Occurrence of GABA-transaminase in the thymus gland of juvenile and aged rats

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-299

  Cavallotti, C ^a   Artico, M ^b   De Santis, S ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biochemical dosage; GABA transaminase; Histochemical staining; Quantitative image analysis; Thymus; Vascular localisation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STAINING; THYMUS;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033387682     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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