The mouse cerebellum from 1 to 34 months: Parallel fibers

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1715-1718

  Huang, Chi ming ^a   Miyamoto, Holly ^a   Huang, Rosa H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebellar synapses; Granule cells; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE FIBERS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33748433762     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.09.025     Document Type: Article

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