The effect of ageing on the posterior medial and posterior lateral subnuclei of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the mouse.
The posterior medial and posterior lateral subnuclei of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis were examined in male ASH/TO mice aged 6, 15, 25, 28 and 31 months using quantitative histological techniques. Neuron number in the posterior lateral subnucleus remained constant from 6 to 31 months (mean 1918 +/- 60) whereas in the posterior medial subnucleus neuron number fell from 5165 +/- 145 at 25 months to 4197 +/- 172 at 28 months. There was no further decrease in neuron number at 31 months (4034 +/- 55).
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Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Dundee, Scotland.
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development