Age-related ultrastructural changes in hypocretinergic terminals in the brainstem and spinal cord of cats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 373, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-174

  Zhang, Jian Hua ^a,b   Sampogna, Sharon ^a,b   Morales, Francisco R ^a,c   Chase, Michael H ^a,b  

^a WEBSCIENCES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cat and aging; Hypocretin; Spinal cord; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

OREXIN A; OREXIN B; NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXINS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GOAT; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTOSOME;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CATS; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 16644377316     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.08.085     Document Type: Article

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