Age-related changes in cholinergic neurons in the laterodorsal and the pedunculo-pontine tegmental nuclei of cats: A combined light and electron microscopic study

Brain Research

Volumn 1052, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-55

  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

Aging; Cat; ChAT; Disector; Pons; Sleep; Stereology

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CATS; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 23644437159     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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