Age-dependent changes in phosphorylated cAMP response element-binding protein immunoreactivity in motoneurons of the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus of male rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-120

  Matsumoto, Akira ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Immunohistochemistry; Perineal motoneuron; Phosphorylated cAMP response element binding protein

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033972752     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00965-9     Document Type: Article

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