Hilar neuropeptide Y interneuron loss in the aged rat hippocampal formation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-158

  Cadiacio, C L ^a   Milner, T A ^a   Gallagher, M ^b   Pierce, J P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dentate gyrus; Electron microscopy; Hilus; Spatial learning performance; Unmyelinated axon

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SAPORIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0043239375     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00126-2     Document Type: Article

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