Postnatal activity of angiotensin converting enzyme in rat brain.
Dev Neurosci, 1979;2(5):245-8.
PMID: 231511
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Abstract
The specific activity of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) was studied in eight brain regions in rats 2--65 days of age. At 65 days of age the activities in various regions relative to the cortex were: neostriatum, 1,200%; hippocampus/amygdala, 430%; hypothalamus, 190%; cerebellum, 140%; and midbrain, thalamus and pons/medulla, 110%. Significant linear increases were found in the neostriatum, hippocampus/amygdala and cortex at 2--65 days of age, in the pons/medulla and thalamus at 2--42 days of age and in the midbrain at 2--21 days of age. The increase with age was greatest in the neostriatum and the data are consistent with the occurrence of ACE in neurons in this area.
MeSH terms
Aging; Amygdala; Animals; Brain; Brain Stem; Cerebral Cortex; Corpus Striatum; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Mesencephalon; Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; Rats; Thalamus
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