Age-related changes of GABAergic neurons and astrocytes in cat primary auditory cortex

Acta Anatomica Sinica

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 514-519

  Luo, Xun ^a   Hua, Tian Miao ^a   Sun, Qing Yan ^a   Zhu, Zai Man ^a   Zhang, Chang Zheng ^a  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Astrocytes; Cat; GABA; Immunohistochemistry; Primary auditory cortex(A1)

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CAT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEARING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 33845500557     PISSN: 05291356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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