Age, experience and the changing brain

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-159

  Kolb, Bryan ^a   Forgie, Margaret ^a   Gibb, Robbin ^a   Gorny, Grazyna ^a   Rowntree, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Conical development; Cortex; Dendrites; Enriched experience; Gonadal hormones; Sex differences; Spines

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN; SEX HORMONE;

AGING; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; DENDRITE; EXPERIENCE; GLIA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0031901504     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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