Age-related changes of γ-aminobutyric acid transaminase immunoreactivity in the hippocampus and dentate gyrus of the Mongolian gerbil

Brain Research

Volumn 1017, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 77-84

  In, Koo Hwang ^a   Dae, Won Kim ^a   Yoo, Ki Yeon ^a   Duk, Soo Kim ^a   Kim, Kil Soo ^b   Jung, Hoon Kang ^c   Soo, Young Choi ^a   Kim, Yong Sun ^a   Kang, Tae Cheon ^a   Moo, Ho Won ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Chongju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Dentate gyrus; Disorders of the nervous system; GABA; GABA transaminase; Gerbil; Hippocampus; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; DENTATE GYRUS; GERBILLINAE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES;

EID: 3142686652     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.05.022     Document Type: Article

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