Dietary restriction modulates synaptic structural dynamics in the aging hippocampus

Age

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 107-113

  Bertoni Freddari, Carlo ^a   Fattoretti, Patrizia ^a   Caselli, Ugo ^a   Casoli, Tiziana ^a   Di Stefano, Giuseppina ^a   Algeri, Sergio ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033492653     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-999-0013-4     Document Type: Article

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