Dark neurons in the ageing cerebellum: Their mode of formation and effect of Maharishi Amrit Kalash

Biogerontology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 347-354

  Vohra, B P S ^a   James, T J ^a   Sharma, S P ^a   Kansal, V K ^b   Chudhary, A ^a   Gupta, S K ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cathepsin D; Dark neurons; Lipid peroxidation; Maharishi Amrit Kalash

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATHEPSIN D; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CEREBELLUM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GUINEA PIG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAHARISHI AMRIT KALASH; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; GUINEA PIGS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS;

EID: 0036957361     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021303415191     Document Type: Review

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