Effects of aging on formalin-fixed brain weight in mice and rats.

Abstract:

:In three mouse lineages it was found that during the 18- to 60-day interval after formalin fixation, brain weight was inversely proportional to the age at sacrifice, as was the decline in the weight of the brain during this period. In a second study using rat subjects it was confirmed that the aging difference is due to a reduction, in old age, of the swelling reaction of the brain when first placed in a formalin solution. It was suggested that this easily measured phenomenon might be employed as an operational index of brain aging.

journal_name

Gerontology

journal_title

Gerontology

authors

Douglas RJ,Clark GM,Truncer PC,Treneer CM

doi

10.1159/000212460

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1981-01-01 00:00:00

pages

127-32

issue

3

eissn

0304-324X

issn

1423-0003

journal_volume

27

pub_type

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