Age-related changes in catecholaminergic nerve fibers of rat heart and coronary vessels

Gerontology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-85

  Bruzzone, P ^a   Cavallotti, Carlo ^a   Mancone, M ^a   Leali, Francesca Maria Tranquilli ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catecholaminergic nerve fibers; Coronary vessels; Fluorescent nerve fibers; Glyoxylic acid; Neuropeptide Y; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CATECHOLAMINE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; HEART; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CORONARY VESSELS; GLYOXYLATES; HEART; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0037269837     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067949     Document Type: Article

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