Reduced expression of insulin-like growth factor 1 messenger RNA in the hippocampus of aged rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-70

  Lai, Maggie ^a   Hibberd, Carina J ^a   Gluckman, Peter D ^b   Seckl, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ageing; Hippocampus; Insulin like growth factor 1; Messenger RNA; Rat

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034617440     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01170-8     Document Type: Article

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