Age-related changes of the nucleolar organizer regions without neuron loss in medial mamillary bodies (hypothalamus) in old rats

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-125

  Begega, A ^a   Cuesta, M ^a   Rubio, S ^a   Santin L J ^b   Arias, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Psychobiology Methodol Fac P   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ag NORs; Cavalieri principle; Mamillary bodies; Optical fractionator

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; NEURONS; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033519422     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(98)00157-2     Document Type: Article

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