Cell death in the Purkinje cells of the cerebellum of senescence accelerated mouse (SAMP8)

Biogerontology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 537-544

  Zhu, Yonghong ^a   Lee, Cleo C L ^b   Lam, W P ^b   Wai, Maria S M ^b   Rudd, John A ^b   Yew, David T ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell death; Cerebellum; Neurotransmitters; SAM

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SENESCENCE ACCELERATED MOUSE; SILVER STAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PURKINJE CELLS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 34548445576     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-007-9097-3     Document Type: Article

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