Morphological and biochemical changes of neurofilaments in aged rat sciatic nerve axons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 735-745

  Uchida, Atsuko ^a,b,d,e   Tashiro, Tomoko ^c,d   Komiya, Yoshiaki ^c   Yorifuji, Hiroshi ^c   Kishimoto, Takeo ^b   Hisanaga, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Axonal transport; Neurofilament; NF M; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN H; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0942287654     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.02201.x     Document Type: Article

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