Sympathetic innervation of the spleen in male Brown Norway rats: A longitudinal aging study

Brain Research

Volumn 1302, Issue , 2009, Pages 106-117

  Perez, Sam D ^a   Silva, Dorian ^a   Millar, Ashley Brooke ^a   Molinaro, Christine A ^a   Carter, Jeff ^a   Bassett, Katie ^a   Lorton, Dianne ^b   Garcia, Paola ^a   Tan, Laren ^a   Gross, Jonathon ^a   Lubahn, Cheri ^b   ThyagaRajan, Srinivasan ^a   Bellinger, Denise L ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Fluorescence histochemistry; Noradrenergic nerve; Secondary lymphoid organ; Stress induced plasma catecholamine

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CATECHOLAMINES; DOWN-REGULATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 71849105908     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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