Phosphorylated Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Immunoreactivity and Its Protein Levels in the Gerbil Hippocampus during Normal Aging

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-378

  Lee, Choong Hyun ^a   Yoo, Ki Yeon ^a   Park, Ok Kyu ^a   Choi, Jung Hoon ^a   Kang, Il Jun ^b   Bae, Eunjoo ^a   Kim, Sung Koo ^a   Hwang, In Koo ^c   Won, Moo Ho ^a,b  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

aging; gerbil; hippocampus; mossy fiber zone; phosphorylated extracellular signal regulated kinases 1 2

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GERBIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DENTATE GYRUS; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 77956047693     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-010-0046-7     Document Type: Article

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