Normal brain ageing: Models and mechanisms

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1464, 2005, Pages 2347-2354

  Toescu, Emil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Ca2+ homeostasis; Homeostatic reserve; Mitochondria; Neuronal vulnerability; Neurons

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN; CALCIUM; FREE RADICAL; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; OXYGEN; SIGNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGING; BRAIN; CALCIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 33745287476     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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