A longitudinal study of rats chronically exposed to aluminum at human dietary levels

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 412, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-33

  Walton, J R ^a  

^a Institute for Biomedical Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Aluminum; Alzheimer's disease; Animal model; Dementia; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SALT; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INGESTION; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33845938544     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.08.093     Document Type: Article

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