Influence of aging on the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta of rats

Current Aging Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-24

  Gao, Jin ^a   Miao, Hui ^a   Xiao, Cheng Hua ^a   Sun, Yu ^a   Du, Xia ^a   Yuan, Hong Hua ^a   Yu, Hong Li ^a   Gao, Dianshuai ^a  

^a XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra pars compacta; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; DOPAMINE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DOPAMINE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 79958797760     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609811104010019     Document Type: Article

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