Age-changes of brain synapses and synaptic plasticity in response to an enriched environment

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-315

  Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a,b   Kobayashi, Satoru ^a   Ohashi, Yasushi ^a,c   Ando, Susumu ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Enriched environment; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptic vesicle

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0033135796     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990501)56:3<307::AID-JNR10>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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