Age-related changes in hypocretin (orexin) immunoreactivity in the cat brainstem

Brain Research

Volumn 930, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 206-211

  Zhang, Jian Hua ^a   Sampogna, Sharon ^a   Morales, Francisco R ^a   Chase, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brainstem; Cat; Hypocretin; Sleep; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

OREXIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEGMENTUM; VARICOSIS; WAKEFULNESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 0037086997     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02240-0     Document Type: Article

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