THE NUMBER OF NORADRENERGIC AND ADRENERGIC-NEURONS IN THE BRAIN-STEM DOES NOT CHANGE WITH AGE IN MALE SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS

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作者
MONJI, A
MORIMOTO, N
OKUYAMA, I
UMENO, K
NAGATSU, I
IBATA, Y
TASHIRO, N
机构
[1] FUJITA GAKUEN HLTH UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT ANAT,TOYOAKE,AICHI 47011,JAPAN
[2] KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIV MED,DEPT ANAT,KAMIKYO KU,KYOTO 602,JAPAN
关键词
NORADRENALINE; ADRENALINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; AGING; TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE-N-METHYL-TRANSFERASE; BRAIN STEM; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RAT;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(94)91834-1
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
We examined whether or not the number of noradrenergic and adrenergic neurons changes with age, using peroxidase antiperoxidase (PAP) immunohistochemistry with specific antisera against tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT). TH- and PNMT-immunoreactive neurons were counted in every noradrenergic and adrenergic neuron group of young (3-month-old) and old (24-month-old) rats. The differences in the counted number of TH- and PNMT-immunoreactive neurons did not reach statistical significance between the young and old rats.
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