Changes in NGF/c-Fos double staining in the structures of the limbic system in juvenile and aged rats exposed to forced swim test

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 448-458

  Badowska Szalewska, Ewa ^a   Klejbor, Ilona ^a   Cecot, Tomasz ^a   Spodnik, Jan H ^a   Moryś, Janusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

c Fos; Forced swim test; Limbic system; NGF; Stress

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SWIMMING; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74549132863     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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