Developing mouse models of aging: A consideration of strain differences in age-related behavioral and neural parameters

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-145

  Ingram, Donald K ^a   Jucker, Mathias ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Genetics; Glia; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Motor performance; Mouse; Neurons; Quantitative trait loci; Recombinant inbred strains; Stereology; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; FEMALE; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032828088     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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