Age related and hypothyroidism related changes on the stoichiometry of neurofilament subunits in the developing rat brain

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-261

  Chinnakkaruppan, A ^a   Das, Sumantra ^a   Sarkar, Pranab Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurofilament subunit stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MATURATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 61449150382     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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