Individual differences in cognitive aging: Implication of pregnenolone sulfate

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-48

  Mayo, Willy ^a   George, Olivier ^a   Darbra, Sonia ^b   Bouyer, Jean Jacques ^a   Vallée, Monique ^a   Darnaudéry, Muriel ^c   Pallarès, Marc ^b   Lemaire Mayo, Valérie ^a   Le Moal, Michel ^a   Piazza, Pier Vincenzo ^a   Abrous, Nora ^a  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; MUSCIMOL; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERIKARYON; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 10744228791     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2003.09.006     Document Type: Review

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