Age-related synaptic changes in sensorimotor cortex of the Brown Norway X Fischer 344 rat

Brain Research

Volumn 872, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 125-133

  Brunso Bechtold, J K ^a   Linville, M C ^a   Sonntag, W E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortical layer; Electron microscopy; Synapse loss; Synaptic terminal

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0034725784     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02515-4     Document Type: Article

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