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Membrane elasticity of mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons decreases with aging
Author(s) -
Horie Hidenori,
Ikuta Shinichiro,
Takenaka Toshifumi
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(90)81109-2
Subject(s) - dorsal root ganglion , elasticity (physics) , dorsum , membrane , anatomy , biophysics , fetus , chemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , materials science , biochemistry , pregnancy , composite material , genetics
Elastic area compressibility modulus (EACM) method was applied to measure the membrane elasticity of cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons from fetal and 3‐month‐old mice. The values of the EACM were 21.3in 3‐month‐old neurons and 2.8in fetal neurons. These results indicate that neural cell membrane elasticity decreases with aging.