Fol. Biol. 2016, 62, 212-219

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2016062050212

Age-Related (Aged vs. Adult) Comparison of the Effect of Two Mild Stressors on the Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) in the Rat Hypothalamic Supraoptic Nucleus (SON) – Immunohistochemical Study

Ewa Badowska-Szalewska, B. Ludkiewicz, R. Krawczyk, J. Moryś

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland

Received October 2015
Accepted August 2016

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