Age-dependent changes in iron deposition in the gerbil hippocampus

Experimental Animals

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-28

  Yoo, Ki Yeon ^a   Hwang, In Koo ^a   Kang, Il Jun ^a   Kang, Tae Cheon ^a   Lee, Hak Ju ^b   Kang, Ha Young ^b   Lee, Hyeon Yong ^c   Oh, Yang Seok ^a   Won, Moo Ho ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Gerbil; Hippocampus; Iron; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

IRON;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; IRON STORAGE; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IRON; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE;

EID: 33847680982     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.56.21     Document Type: Article

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