Restoring production of hippocampal neurons in old age

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 894-897

  Cameron, Heather A ^a   McKay, Ronald D G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033306418     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/13197     Document Type: Article

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