NOR activity in hippocampal areas during the postnatal development and ageing

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-181

  Garcia Moreno L M ^a   Cimadevilla, J M ^b   Gonzalez Pardo H ^b   Zahonero, M C ^a   Arias, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Laboratory of Psychobiology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ag NORs; Biosynthetic activity; Nucleolus; Silver staining

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SILVER STAINING;

AGING; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILVER STAINING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0343923469     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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