Increased calcium buffering in basal forebrain neurons during aging

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 350-364

  Murchison, David ^a   Griffith, William H ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CALCIUM ION;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 0031816168     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.1.350     Document Type: Article

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