Differential effects of the aging process on the morphology of the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus of male and female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 314, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 73-76

  Madeira, M Dulce ^a   Ferreira Silva, Luís ^a   Ruela, Carlos ^a   Paula Barbosa, Manuel M ^a  

^a Porto Medical School   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Golgi; Sex differences; Stereology; Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; GENDER; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIC CELL; STEREOMETRY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0035856404     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02294-7     Document Type: Article

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