BDNF is necessary for maintenance of noradrenergic innervations in the aged rat brain

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-348

  Matsunaga, Wataru ^a   Shirokawa, Tetsuya ^a   Isobe, Kenichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; BDNF; F344 rat; Frontal cortex; Intracerebral infusion; Locus coeruleus; Noradrenergic innervation; TrkB

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 1242338805     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00093-9     Document Type: Article

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