Growth hormone prevents neuronal loss in the aged rat hippocampus

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 697-703

  Azcoitia, Iñigo ^a   Perez Martin, Margarita ^b   Salazar, Veronica ^a   Castillo, Carmen ^a   Ariznavarreta, Carmen ^a   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^c   Tresguerres, Jesus A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Dentate gyrus; Growth hormone; Hilus; Hippocampus; Neurodegeneration; Neuron number; Neuroprotection; Optical fractionator; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX RATIO;

EID: 13644271600     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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