Quantitative age-related changes in NADPH-diaphorase-positive neurons in the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-72

  Villena, Alicia ^a   Díaz, Florentina ^a   Vidal, Lourdes ^a   Moreno, Mercedes ^a   Pérez De Vargas, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendritic orientation; Histochemical study; Nitric oxide synthase; Number of neurons; Somatic size; Visual system

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0242418226     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(03)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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