Effects of aging and stress on hippocampal structure and function

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 17-21

  Miller, D B ^a   O'Callaghan, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; FLAVONOID; FOLIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROCORTISONE; LINOLEIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; STEROID; XANTHOPHYLL;

AGING; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LOSS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0242365542     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(03)00296-8     Document Type: Article

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