Age-related decline in the tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive innervation of the amygdala and dentate gyrus in mice

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-143

  Bohlen Und Halbach, Oliver ^a   Unsicker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abercrombie; Aging; Amygdala; Dopamine; Hippocampus; Mouse (C57BL 6); Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0037294004     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-002-0662-4     Document Type: Article

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