Age-related synaptic changes in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus of Fischer-344 rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 406, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-298

  Helfert, Robert H ^a   Sommer, Teresa J ^a   Meeks, Joshua ^a   Hofstetter, Phillip ^b   Hughes, Larry F ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory system; Dendrites; GABA; Glutamate; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033548885     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990412)406:3<285::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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