Decrease of adenosine A-1 receptor gene expression in cerebral cortex of aged rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-229

  Cheng, Juei Tang ^a   Liu, I Min ^a   Juang, Shiow Wen ^a   Jou, Shuo Bin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A1 adenosine receptor; Aged; Cerebral cortex; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034647058     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00961-7     Document Type: Article

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