Age-related decline in metabolic competence of small and medium-sized synaptic mitochondria

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 82-85

  Bertoni Freddari, Carlo ^a   Fattoretti, Patrizia ^a   Giorgetti, Belinda ^a   Spazzafumo, Liana ^a   Solazzi, Moreno ^a   Balietti, Marta ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DIAMINOBENZIDINE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CALCULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL RESPIRATION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METABOLIC CAPACITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13844270599     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0591-z     Document Type: Article

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