Mitochondrial respiratory chain activity in the human brain as a function of age

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-47

  Ojaimi, Joseline ^a,b   Masters, Colin L ^b   Opeskin, Ken ^c   McKelvie, Penny ^a   Byrne, Edward ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Vic Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cytochrome c oxidase; Human brain; Mitochondria; Respiratory activity

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UBIQUINONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; SUCCINATE CYTOCHROME C OXIDOREDUCTASE;

EID: 0032845895     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(99)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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