Age-related changes of DNA repair and mitochondrial DNA synthesis in the mouse brain

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-81

  Schmitz, Christoph ^a   Axmacher, Birgit ^a   Zunker, Ulrike ^a   Korr, Hubert ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Autoradiography; DNA excision repair; DNA synthesis; Mitochondrial

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLIA CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSCHEDULED DNA SYNTHESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA; DNA REPAIR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MALE; MICE;

EID: 0033042975     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050957     Document Type: Article

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