Synaptic structural dynamics and aging

Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 170-180

  Bertoni Freddari, C ^a   Fattoretti, P ^a   Paoloni, R ^a   Caselli, U ^a   Meier Ruge, W ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b University Medical School   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Cerebellum; Hippocampus; Morphometry; Neuronal metabolism; SDAT; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SENILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030012751     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213789     Document Type: Article

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