Age differences in neurokinin A and substance P from the hypothalamus, pituitary, pineal gland, and striatum of the rat: Effect of exogenous melatonin

Peptides

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 941-945

  Fernandez C ^a   Debeljuk, L ^b   Diaz E ^a   Diaz B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Aging; Melatonin; NKA; SP

Indexed keywords

M 5250; MELATONIN; NEUROKININ A; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; ANIMAL; NEOSTRIATUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MELATONIN; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROKININ A; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0036075007     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(02)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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