Interleukin 6 deficiency affects spontaneous activity of mice in age- and sex-dependent manner

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 424-432

  Aniszewska, Agata ^a   Szymanski, Jacek ^a   Winnicka, Maria M ^b   Turlejski, Krzysztof ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aging; Interleukin 6; Sex differences; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920027035     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 16890035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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