Age-associated changes in the monoaminergic innervation of rat lumbosacral spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 972, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Ranson, Richard N ^a   Dodds, Alexander L ^a   Smith, Michael J ^a   Santer, Robert M ^a   Watson, Alan H D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Image analysis; Micturition; Serotonin; Spinal cord; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER INNERVATION; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MICTURITION; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENESCENCE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; URETHRA;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0037449154     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02521-6     Document Type: Article

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