Fidelity assurance mechanisms of the brain with special reference to its immunogenic CNS compartment: Their role in aging and aging-associated neurological disease

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Blumenthal, Herman T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031030870     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.1.B1     Document Type: Review

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