Neurons, glia, and plasticity in normal brain aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Finch, Caleb E ^a   Kessler, ^b   Pfaff, ^b   Heuser, ^b   Visser, ^b   Smith, ^b   Thijssen, ^b   Swaab, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain aging; Glial activation; Neuron loss; Oocytes; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE;

AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EYELID REFLEX; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIA; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 0038198881     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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