INCREASED LIGHT-INTENSITY PREVENTS THE AGE-RELATED LOSS OF VASOPRESSIN-EXPRESSING NEURONS IN THE RAT SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS

被引:51
作者
LUCASSEN, PJ
HOFMAN, MA
SWAAB, DF
机构
[1] Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, 1105 AZ Amsterdam
关键词
SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; AGING; VASOPRESSIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; LIGHT INTENSITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(95)00933-H
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
We investigated whether increased light input can counteract the age-related decrease in vasopressin-(AVP) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-expressing neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) by determining the numbers of these neurons in rats of different ages, housed under low or high intensities of light. The significant age-related decrease for AVP was prevented in old animals after high light housing. For VIP, no effects were found.
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